Mobile phones and patient referral in Thai rural healthcare : a structuration view
This study employs a structuration view to examine how the use of mobile phones by healthcare staff affected, changed, or modified the existing patient referral system in rural Thailand. Findings from the interviews (n = 31) indicate that healthcare staff used their personal mobile phones for patien...
Main Authors: | Ling, Rich, Poorisat, Thanomwong, Chib, Arul |
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Other Authors: | Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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2020
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137175 |
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