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WILSON, R., HUBERT, J., 2002. Resurfacing the care in nursing by telephone: lessons learned from ambulatory oncology. Nursing outlook, 50 (4), 160-164.
The authors argue that the widespread understanding of nursing by telephone as a form of triage has led to an underestimation and undervaluing of the nurse's role as caregiver and decision-maker. They propose the term 'telephone mediated care' be used instead. This article challenges nurses involved in ehealth to ensure that the values of nursing are entrenched into the way ehealth services operate