What makes an 'informed patient'? the impact of contextualization on the search for health information on the Internet

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 124, Issue , 2006, Pages 913-919

  Alpay, Laurence ^a   Verhoef, John ^a   Toussaint, Pieter ^a   Zwetsloot Schonk, Bertie ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

contextualization; health information; informed patient; Internet

Indexed keywords

INTERNET;

COGNITIVE RESOURCES; COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; CONTEXTUALIZATION; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; INFORMATION SEEKING; INFORMED PATIENT;

HEALTH CARE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 39049178625     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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