News and social media: Windows into community perspectives on disinvestment

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 376-383

  Street, Jackie M ^a   Hennessy, Sophie E ^a   Watt, Amber M ^a   Hiller, Janet E ^b   Elshaug, Adam G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technologies; Community perspectives; Disinvestment; Social media; Web2.0

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES; COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES; DISINVESTMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA; WEB2.0;

INTERNET; TECHNOLOGY; WEB SERVICES;

INVESTMENTS;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COST; EMOTION; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PARENTHOOD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLITICS; PROFIT; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

BLOGGING; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PARENTS; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 80052787474     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646231100033X     Document Type: Article

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