Resisting and promoting new technologies in clinical practice: the case of telepsychiatry
May, Carl, Gask, Linda, Atkinson, Theresa, Ellis, Nicola, Mair, Frances and Esmail, Aneez (2001) Resisting and promoting new technologies in clinical practice: the case of telepsychiatry. Social Science & Medicine, 52, (12), 1889-1901. (doi:10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00305-1).
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New telecommunications technologies promise to profoundly change the spatial and temporal relationship between health professional and patient. This paper reports results from an ethnographic study of the introduction of a videophone or ‘telemedicine’ system intended to facilitate faster and more convenient referral of patients with anxiety and depression in primary care, to a community mental health team. We explore the reasons for contest over the telemedicine system in practice, contrasting professionals’ critique of the technology in play with a more fundamental problem: the extent to which the telecommunications system threatened deeply embedded professional constructs about the nature and practice of therapeutic relationships.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0277-9536 (print) 1873-5347 (electronic) |
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| Keywords: | telemedicine, telepsychiatry, doctor–patient interaction, therapeutic relationships |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Health Sciences |
| Item ID: | 163417 |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2010 08:43 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Aug 2012 02:49 |
| Contributors: | May, Carl (Author) Gask, Linda (Author) Atkinson, Theresa (Author) Ellis, Nicola (Author) Mair, Frances (Author) Esmail, Aneez (Author) |
| Date: | June 2001 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/163417 |
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