Formal and Informal Messages: Early Reflections on How Context and Content Influence ICT Use at the End-Of-Life

RD Ferguson, M Massimi, K Moffatt - 2013 - escholarship.mcgill.ca
For dying individuals, communication with friends and family is an urgent need; however,
little is known about how technology is used in this situation. Family and friends of former
hospice residents were interviewed to develop a better understanding of ICT use in hospice,
palliative, and end-of-life home care settings, and of how ICT can improve presence,
communication, and quality-of-life experienced by hospice residents and their caregivers. In
this paper, we provide a preliminary reflection on how participants define particular forms of …

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M Massimi - ics.uci.edu
For dying individuals, communication with friends and family is an urgent need; however,
little is known about how technology is used in this situation. Family and friends of former
hospice residents were interviewed to develop a better understanding of ICT use in hospice,
palliative, and end-of-life home care settings, and of how ICT can improve presence,
communication, and quality-of-life experienced by hospice residents and their caregivers. In
this paper, we provide a preliminary reflection on how participants define particular forms of …
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