"Not all my friends need to know": A qualitative study of teenage patients, privacy, and social media

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-24

  van der Velden, Maja ^a   El Emam, Khaled ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; ONTARIO; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84871883914     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-000949     Document Type: Article

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