JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 123-127 , February 2007

Videophone Communication Between Residents and Family: A Case Study

  • Brian K. Hensel, PhD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Health Management and Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Brian K. Hensel, PhD, Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Missouri, 324 Clark Hall, Columbia, MO 65211-4380.
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  • Debra Parker-Oliver, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Social Work, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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  • George Demiris, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

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 This work was supported in part by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Biomedical and Health Informatics Research Training Grant T15-LM07089-14.There was no conflict of interest in this study for any of the authors.

PII: S1525-8610(06)00489-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.09.012

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 123-127 , February 2007

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