
%0 Journal Article
%A Shepherd, Louise 
%A Goldstein, David 
%A Olver, Ian 
%A Parle, Michael 
%T Enhancing psychosocial care for people with cancer in rural communities: what can remote counselling offer?
%J Australian Health Review
%D 2008/09/01
%V 32
%N 3
%P 423-438
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AH080423
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AH080423 
%X Rural cancer patients are often disadvantaged in access to psychological services. We reviewed remote counselling research for psychological support using telephone, videoconferencing, and the Internet as a potential solution. Telephone counselling is the most extensively researched, while there are encouraging findings in emerging research about videoconferencing and Internetbased psychological care. Where no face-to-face psychological service exists, these technologies are promising, yet unproven. Less variable methods are needed to better assess the technology and therapeutic approach for stronger evidence. 
