Patient perspectives on health advice posted on Internet discussion boards: A qualitative study

Health Expectations

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-320

  Armstrong, Natalie ^a   Powell, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Ehealth; Information; Internet; Patient; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN PUMP; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE;

DIABETES MELLITUS; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 70349150193     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2009.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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