Book chapter
Digital Applications and Public Health Palliative Care
Oxford Textbook of Public Health Palliative Care
Oxford University Press
2022
Abstract
This chapter explores the use of digital technologies in the context of public health palliative care. In an increasingly digital society, there is a growing imperative to understand the benefits and limitations of the use of digital technologies within a social model of care. Through a dual lens of digital public health and thanatechnology, this chapter provides an overview of the digital technologies used in palliative care, outlining their application to the growing field of public health palliative care. Despite the inherent risks of technological developments in society, a broad range of public health palliative care benefits can be realized in both clinical and community settings. Key considerations including the need for co-design of digital health interventions, outcome evaluation, and awareness of social inequities are highlighted to guide practice, education, and research.
Details
- Title
- Digital Applications and Public Health Palliative Care
- Authors
- Jason Mills (Author) - Torrens University AustraliaShyla Mills (Author) - Palliative Care Queensland
- Contributors
- Julian Abel (Editor) - Compassionate Communities UKAllan Kellehear (Editor) - University of Vermont
- Publication details
- Oxford Textbook of Public Health Palliative Care
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Organisation Unit
- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Nursing
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99629139702621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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