Privacy, boundaries and smart homes for health: An ethnographic study.
This article explores how people negotiate borders and boundaries within the home, in the context of health and the introduction of new technologies. We draw on an ethnographic study involving a socially diverse group of people, which included people with experience of telecare or smart home energy...
| Published in: | Health & Place pp. 112 - 119 |
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| Format: | research Journal Article |
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Elsevier B.V.
Mar2018
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