A new dimension of health care: Systematic review of the uses, benefits, and limitations of social media for health communication

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Moorhead, S Anne ^a   Hazlett, Diane E ^a   Harrison, Laura ^a   Carroll, Jennifer K ^b   Irwin, Anthea ^a   Hoving, Ciska ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health communication; Review; Social media

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HEALTH COMMUNICATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA;

HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84877338092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1933     Document Type: Review

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