ABSTRACT
With the National Association for Home Care's 16th Annual Meeting coinciding with the World Congress on Homecare and Hospice this month, CARING turns its focus to medicine around the world, in particular to what different cultures consider "traditional" medicine versus alternative medicine. Home care colleagues around the world responded to a survey on this question, revealing vast differences as well as surprising similarities between systems.
Subject(s)
Complementary Therapies , Medicine, Traditional , Bermuda , Delivery of Health Care/methods , Jamaica , Liberia , Preventive Health Services , Saudi ArabiaABSTRACT
Technological advances are changing the way the world shares information and conducts daily business, CARING asked home care colleagues around the world to respond to a question about technology's role in home care delivery. Although the degree of technology's involvement differs from country to country, each country is aware of the possibilities and is looking toward the future.