Department of Human Work Science and Media Technology/Blekinge Institute of Technology
Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of an experimental setting where video-mediated
communication between a nurse and a patient was used. The focus of the analysis
is on the communication between the nurse and the patient and the role of the
video conference system being used. The emphasis is on how video technology can
support interpersonal communication, and thus the patient?s orientation not
only to his nurse, but also to the knowledge that he is visible to his nurse,
that is of interest here. This is done by referential practices which are
directly analogous to those used in co-located situations. As a concluding
discussion, the observations will be related to current and future design
ideas