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ProfessorAlisonMcGregor

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Professor of Musculoskeletal Biodynamics
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 2972a.mcgregor

 
 
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Room 202ASir Michael Uren HubWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

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@article{Goldsworthy:2020:10.1016/j.jmir.2020.09.003,
author = {Goldsworthy, S and Zheng, CY and McNair, H and McGregor, A},
doi = {10.1016/j.jmir.2020.09.003},
journal = {Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences},
pages = {S39--S43},
title = {The potential for haptic touch technology to supplement human empathetic touch during radiotherapy},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2020.09.003},
volume = {51},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Radiotherapy for cancer is an effective treatment but requires precise delivery. Patients are required to remain still in the same position during procedure which may be uncomfortable. This combined with high anxiety experienced by patients, and feelings of isolation, have indicated a need for comfort interventions. Care conveyed through empathetic touch promotes comfort, individual attention and presence and provides both psychological and physical comfort at the same time. Evidence in nursing and care literature showed that empathetic touch interventions have a significant role in promoting comfort, facilitating communication between care recipients and caregivers. However, the application of empathetic touch interventions may be challenging to administer due to the safety concern in the radiotherapy environment. The emergence of haptic technologies that enable the communication of touch remotely may have a potential to fill this gap. We take inspiration from both clinical empathetic touch in radiotherapy practice, as well as affective haptic technologies to envision the opportunities for haptic technologies as a complimentary comfort intervention to supplement human empathetic touch during radiotherapy.
AU  - Goldsworthy,S
AU  - Zheng,CY
AU  - McNair,H
AU  - McGregor,A
DO  - 10.1016/j.jmir.2020.09.003
EP  - 43
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 0820-5930
SP  - 39
TI  - The potential for haptic touch technology to supplement human empathetic touch during radiotherapy
T2  - Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2020.09.003
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000599918300012&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193986542030299X?via%3Dihub
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/88350
VL  - 51
ER  -
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