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TY - JOUR
T1 - Principles for telemedicine and telecare
T2 - The perspective of a citizens' panel
AU - Mort, Maggie
AU - Finch, Tracy
PY - 2005/8/19
Y1 - 2005/8/19
N2 - Ten delegates at the conference Voluntarism, Health and Social Care were recruited to form a panel of citizens to debate and offer direction for the future of technologically mediated health care. The panel suggested various principles for the development of telemedicine and telecare, concerning: patients, users and carers, approach to service delivery, research and knowledge, and conditions of use. Many of the principles echoed the founding values of the National Health Service, yet have arguably been absent from both policy pronouncements and the telemedicine literature, which largely views new health technologies themselves as 'value free', i.e. developed untouched by social and political relations. A programme of citizens' panels should be developed so that an informed debate can take place about the development of telemedicine and telecare, to underpin policy and practice.
AB - Ten delegates at the conference Voluntarism, Health and Social Care were recruited to form a panel of citizens to debate and offer direction for the future of technologically mediated health care. The panel suggested various principles for the development of telemedicine and telecare, concerning: patients, users and carers, approach to service delivery, research and knowledge, and conditions of use. Many of the principles echoed the founding values of the National Health Service, yet have arguably been absent from both policy pronouncements and the telemedicine literature, which largely views new health technologies themselves as 'value free', i.e. developed untouched by social and political relations. A programme of citizens' panels should be developed so that an informed debate can take place about the development of telemedicine and telecare, to underpin policy and practice.
KW - Participation
KW - Telemedicine
KW - Telecare
KW - citizens' panels
U2 - 10.1258/1357633054461877
DO - 10.1258/1357633054461877
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 16036000
AN - SCOPUS:23644446003
VL - 11
SP - 66
EP - 68
JO - Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
JF - Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
SN - 1357-633X
IS - SUPPL. 1
ER -