The perils of cyberchondria

Practising Midwife

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 34-

  Wickham, Sara ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNET; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 60249094284     PISSN: 14613123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

References (4)

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2. Lewis T (2006). 'Seeking health information on the internet: lifestyle choice or bad attack of cyberchondria?' Media, Culture & Society, 28(4): 521-539.
3. Romano A M (2007). 'A changing landscape: implications of pregnant women's internet use for childbirth educators'. Journal of Perinatal Education, 16 (4): 18-24.
4. White R W and Horvitz E (2008). Cyberchondria: Studies of the Escalation of Medical Concerns in Web Search, Technical Report (MSR-TR-2008-178), Redmond, WA: Microsoft Research. Accessible online at: ftpy/ftp.research.microsoft.corn/pub/tr/TR-2008-178.pdf