Telecare Technologies and the Transformation of Healthcare

by Nelly Oudshoorn

Book Overview

Winner of the British Sociological Association Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize, 2012. This book traces the changes in healthcare implicated in telecare technologies: information and communication technologies that enable care at a distance. What happens when healthcare moves from physical to virtual encounters between healthcare professionals and patients? What are the consequences for patients when they are expected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349335908
• ISBN13: 9781349335909
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"