Keep in Touch (KIT): feasibility of using internet-based communication and information technology in palliative care

Keep in Touch (KIT): feasibility of using internet-based communication and information technology in palliative care

Abstract Background Confinement to an in-patient hospital ward impairs patients’ sense of social support and connectedness. Providing the means, through communication technology, for patients to maintain contact with friends and family can potentially improve well-being at the end of life by minimiz...

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Main Authors: Qiaohong Guo, Beverley Cann, Susan McClement, Genevieve Thompson, Harvey Max Chochinov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
Subjects:
Communication and information technology
Keep in touch
Palliative care
Palliative inpatients
Family members
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-017-0203-2

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