Balancing priorities: a field study of coordination in distributed elder care

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Balancing priorities : a field study of coordination in distributed elder care. / Mønsted, Troels; Johansen, Andreas Kaas; Lauridsen, Frederik Vahr Bjarnø; Manea, Vlad; Slavin-Borovskij, Konstantin.

Proceedings of the 49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016. IEEE, 2016. p. 970-978 7427301.

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Mønsted, T, Johansen, AK, Lauridsen, FVB, Manea, V & Slavin-Borovskij, K 2016, Balancing priorities: a field study of coordination in distributed elder care. in Proceedings of the 49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016., 7427301, IEEE, pp. 970-978, 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Kauai, United States, 05/01/2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2016.124

APA

Mønsted, T., Johansen, A. K., Lauridsen, F. V. B., Manea, V., & Slavin-Borovskij, K. (2016). Balancing priorities: a field study of coordination in distributed elder care. In Proceedings of the 49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016 (pp. 970-978). [7427301] IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2016.124

Vancouver

Mønsted T, Johansen AK, Lauridsen FVB, Manea V, Slavin-Borovskij K. Balancing priorities: a field study of coordination in distributed elder care. In Proceedings of the 49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016. IEEE. 2016. p. 970-978. 7427301 https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2016.124

Author

Mønsted, Troels ; Johansen, Andreas Kaas ; Lauridsen, Frederik Vahr Bjarnø ; Manea, Vlad ; Slavin-Borovskij, Konstantin. / Balancing priorities : a field study of coordination in distributed elder care. Proceedings of the 49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016. IEEE, 2016. pp. 970-978

Bibtex

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