Care at a distance: on the closeness of technology

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Abstract

In Care at a Distance: On the Closeness of Technology Jeannette Pols demonstrates that actual care practices employing telecare do not resemble the hopes of the industry and policy makers, nor the nightmares of ethicists. The detailed ethnographic studies of pioneering telecare practices show how
nurses and patients re-shape care when they start using telecare devices. The book frames urgent questions about the future of telecare and the ways in which innovative care practices can be built on facts rather than hopes, hypes or nightmares.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
PublisherAmsterdam University Press
Number of pages204
ISBN (Print)9789089643971
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Publication series

NameCare & Welfare

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