Background The provision of psychotherapy over distance using technology is a growing
market reaching many patients and therefore the risks and benefits need to be known by all …

Introduction Internationally the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a dramatic and
unprecedented shift in telehealth uptake as a means of protecting healthcare consumers …

Introduction: With the escalating costs of health care, issues with recruitment and retention of
health practitioners in rural areas, and poor economies of scale, the question of delivering …

Given the profound influence of social media and emerging evidence of its effects on human
behavior and health, bioethicists have an important role to play in the development of …

Background As the use of technology to deliver health services is increasing rapidly and has
further intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic, these initiatives may fail if ethical impacts …

Introduction: Despite the promises of universal health care in most developed countries,
health inequities remain prevalent within and between rural and remote communities …

Purpose Providing specialized palliative care support to elderly patients in rural areas can
be challenging. The purpose of this study was to gain a preliminary understanding of the …

Purpose: To investigate the face validity of a measure of therapeutic alliance for paediatric
speech–language pathology and to determine whether a difference exists in therapeutic …

Background Oropharyngeal dysphagia encompasses problems with the oral preparatory
phase of swallowing (chewing and preparing the food), oral phase (moving the food or fluid …

Objective To explore orthopaedic and musculoskeletal clinicians' views and experiences of
legal, safety, safeguarding and security issues regarding the use of virtual consultations …