Telemedicine's potential to support good dying in Nigeria: A qualitative study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Van Gurp, Jelle ^a   Soyannwo, Olaitan ^b   Odebunmi, Kehinde ^b   Dania, Simpa ^b   VanSelm, Martine ^c   Van Leeuwen, Evert ^a   Vissers, Kris ^a   Hasselaar, Jeroen ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DYING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NIGERIA; ONLINE SYSTEM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEEDUCATION; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84935031549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126820     Document Type: Article

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