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The Generation Gap

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People from different generations discuss how approaches in a certain field have changed

People from different generations discuss how approaches in a particular field have changed

The Generation Gap: Series 3: Health Industry

The Generation Gap: Series 3: Health Industry: Episode 3: Community Nurses

Factual: Health & Wellbeing

Community Nurses

Episode 3

Episode 3: Community Nurses

Series 3: Health Industry

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Generation Gap, Series 3: Health Industry, Community Nurses

Two community nurses discuss how technology affects their relationships with patients.

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.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

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People from different generations discuss how approaches to health have changed

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