Carers and the digital divide: factors affecting Internet use among carers in the UK.
This paper presents data from a cross-sectional survey of 3014 adult carers, examining use of the Internet and factors associated with it. Carers recruited from the databases of three local authorities and other carer organisations within their geographical boundaries and that of Carers UK, a nation...
| Publicado en: | Health & Social Care in the Community Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 201 - 211 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2005
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