Care at a Distance: On the Closeness of Technology - Brossura

Pols, Jeannette

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9089643974 ISBN 13: 9789089643971

Casa editrice: Amsterdam University Press, 2012

Riassunto

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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L'autore:

Jeannette Pols is senior research at the Amsterdam Medical Centre at the University of Amsterdam.

Contenuti:

Care at a Distance - 2[-]Contents - 6[-]1 Introduction - 12[-]Part I Norms and nightmares - 24[-] 2 Caring devices - 26[-] 3 The heart of the matter - 46[-]Part II Knowledge and promises - 62[-] 4 Caring for the self? - 64[-] 5 Knowing patients - 80[-]Part III Routines and efficiencies - 98[-] 6 Zooming in on webcams - 100[-] 7 Economies of care - 116[-]Conclusions On studying innovation - 134[-] 8 Innovating care innovation - 136[-]Acknowledgements - 154[-]Appendix: Projects studied for this book - 158[-]Notes - 162[-]References - 182[-]Index of names - 198[-]Index of subjects - 200

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Amsterdam University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 9089643974
• ISBN 13: 9789089643971
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 204