Authors
Citation
Jd. Stoeckle et S. Lorch, WHY GO SEE THE DOCTOR - CARE GOES FROM OFFICE TO HOME AS TECHNOLOGY DIVORCES FUNCTION FROM GEOGRAPHY, International journal of technology assessment in health care, 13(4), 1997, pp. 537-546
Citations number
61
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Medical Informatics","Health Care Sciences & Services
Journal title
ISSN journal
02664623
Volume
13
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
537 - 546
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-4623(1997)13:4<537:WGSTD->2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Two functions of home care, assistance to improve disabled and aged pa
tients' mobility and function, and self-care that includes treatment,
screening-monitoring, exercise assistance, and information exchange, a
re described, as are the technologies used for these functions. Social
and economic pressures as well as professional rationales that expand
the use of technologies at home are noted, as is their impact on the
site of care and on the patient-doctor relationship.