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Community Nurses

The Generation GapSeries 3: Health Industry
Episode 3 of 5

Community nurses Sharon Dempsey and Merle Parke discuss how developing technology has changed relationships with patients.

Two people from different generations who work in the health industry or have experience of the health industry discuss how technology has changed over their lifetimes.

Sharon Dempsey nurses in the community, as did Merle Parke. They compare notes on how technology in their jobs affects the relationship with the patient. From computerising records and using high tech equipment to having machinery that can help patients monitor their own symptoms and help nurses make remote diagnoses.

Producer: Laura Parfitt
A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 20 Aug 201502:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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