Although the videophone technolog y is improving rapidly, it does take some time to adapt and realize the limitations that are still apparent.
Using the videophone for the second care-planning meeting with all the professionals was also very good.
Videophone equipment was placed in rural and urban hospice patients' homes and traditional hospice services were augmented with this equipment.
It was therefore readily accessible and it facilitated videophone contact with informal and formal sources of support at a distance.
Families also had access to videophone facilities through the television, which enabled them to have direct verbal and visual contact with professional carers and other families involved in the project.
As interactions are re-embodied through video connections, the videophone mediates in new ways between interactants, and between interactants and other objects and ideas, in a cultural environment.
It is an awful thought that progress towards the videophone might be achieved quite quickly by this means.
How many people will take advantage of videophones?
