Social media in health - what are the safety concerns for health consumers?

Health Information Management Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 30-35

  Lau, Annie Y S ^a   Gabarron, Elia ^b   Fernandez Luque, Luis ^c   Armayones, Manuel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c Northern Research Institute   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consumer Health Information; Internet; Misinformation; Public Access to Information; Safety; Social Media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRODUCT SAFETY; SOCIAL MEDIA; STANDARD; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MARKETING; PATIENT SAFETY; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84862334809     PISSN: 18333583     EISSN: 18333575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/183335831204100204     Document Type: Article

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