Gender, Health and Information Technology in Context

This volume breaks new ground by asking how our understandings of gender can be informed by exploring the socio-technical relations of ICTs in health care, and how far an appreciation of the ways in which gender works can inform and improve our understanding of how ICTs are being developed, implemen...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Balka, Ellen (Editor), Green, Eileen (Editor), Henwood, Flis (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2009, 2009
Series:Health, Technology and Society
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:This volume breaks new ground by asking how our understandings of gender can be informed by exploring the socio-technical relations of ICTs in health care, and how far an appreciation of the ways in which gender works can inform and improve our understanding of how ICTs are being developed, implemented, and used in health care contexts
Physical Description:XVII, 220 p. 1 illus online resource
ISBN:9780230245396