Jeannette Pols 
Care at a Distance [PDF ebook] 
On the Closeness of Technology

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Often the switch to telecare—technology used to help caretakers provide treatment to their patients off-site—is portrayed as either a nightmare scenario or a much needed panacea for all our healthcare woes. This widely researched study probes what happens when technologies are used to provide healthcare at a distance. Drawing on ethnographic studies of both patients and nurses involved in telecare, Jeannette Pols demonstrates  that instead of resulting in less intensive care for patients, there is instead a staggering rise in the frequency of contact between nursing staff and their patients.
Care at a Distance takes the theoretical framework of telecare and provides hard data about these innovative care practices, while producing an accurate portrayal of the pros and cons of telecare.

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Format PDF ● Pages 204 ● ISBN 9789048513017 ● Publisher Amsterdam University Press ● Published 2010 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 3201681 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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