People, technologies and trust – Scripts and theories

Abstract

The role of technologies in the context of care and health is changing rapidly. Challenges relate to (a) the way that people access and use technologies; and (b) the way that care and health service providers employ or deploy technologies for those who may have support needs. This paper takes steps towards identifying theoretical perspectives that help us with the development of a framework for socio-technology theory to underpin our approach to telehealth. Each perspective, albeit different, has relevance at the intersection of technologies, people and services. Six theorists are pointed to, and their work is briefly noted. Six parameters, that will be detailed further in a book, are then listed.