Exploring the Abyss of Inequalities - 4th International Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society, WIS 2012, Turku, Finland, August 22-24, 2012. Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society, WIS 2012, held in Turku, Finland, in August 2012. The 13 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on e-health; measuring and documenting health and well-being; empowering and educating citizens for healthy living and equal opportunities; governance for health; safe and secure cities; information society as a challenge and a possibility for aged people.

List of contents

Topical sections on e-health.- Measuring and documenting health and well-being.- Empowering and educating citizens for healthy living and equal opportunities.- Governance for health.- Safe and secure cities.- Information society as a challenge and a possibility for aged people.

Product details

• Assisted by: Kristina Eriksson-Backa (Editor), Erica Krook (Editor), Annika Luoma (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.07.2012
• EAN: 9783642328497
• ISBN: 978-3-642-32849-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Illustrations: 176 p. 30 illus.
• Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing; C, Medicine, Medicine: general issues, computer science, Information Retrieval, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet), Computers and Society, Application software, Health Sciences, Medicine/Public Health, general, Computers and civilization, Internet searching, User interface design & usability, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, User interfaces (Computer systems)