Using online health communities to deliver patient-centered care to people with chronic conditions

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Van Der Eijk, Martijn ^a   Faber, Marjan J ^a   Aarts, Johanna W M ^a   Kremer, Jan A M ^a   Munneke, Marten ^a   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Community networks; Internet; Long term care; Parkinson disease; Patient centered care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONG TERM CARE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; INTERNET; LONG-TERM CARE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE;

EID: 84881044968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2476     Document Type: Article

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