'Ignorance is bliss sometimes': Constraints on the emergence of the 'informed patient' in the changing landscapes of health information

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 589-607

  Henwood, Flis ^a   Wyatt, Sally ^b   Hart, Angie ^a   Smith, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HRT; Information for choice; Informed patient; Internet; Media; Patient empowerment; Women

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; REVIEW;

ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0141959095     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00360     Document Type: Review

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