Constructing the digital patient: Patient organizations and the development of health websites

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 657-675

  Oudshoorn, Nelly ^a   Somers, Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active patient models; Health websites; Patient identities; Patient organizations; User centered design

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750360344     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180600965666     Document Type: Review

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