Telehealth in palliative care in the UK: a review of the evidence

Lisa Kidd; Sandi Cayless; Bridget Johnston; Yvonne Wengstrom

doi:10.1258/jtt.2010.091108

Telehealth in palliative care in the UK: a review of the evidence

Lisa Kidd, Sandi Cayless, Bridget Johnston, Yvonne Wengstrom

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Abstract

We reviewed telehealth applications which were being used inpalliative care settings in the UK. Electronic database searches(Medline, CINAHL, PsychInfo and Embase), searches of the greyliterature and cited author searches were conducted. In total,111 papers were identified and 21 documents were included inthe review. Telehealth was being used by a range of health professionalsin oncology care settings that included specialist palliativecare, hospices, primary care settings, nursing homes and hospitalsas well as patients and carers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	394-402
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Volume	16
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1258/jtt.2010.091108
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2010

Keywords

telehealth
cancer
pallative care

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