An ethnographic exploration of telecare

Steve Hards

Thoughtful little piece by Tomás Sánchez-Criado, PhD student and researcher, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid on the Lancaster University Management School site. It takes the line that telecare doesn’t so much promote independence as interdependence – and has the potential to disrupt care bonds that would otherwise occur. Absence and presence in organising (tele)care bonds: an ethnographic exploration of telecare.