"People power" or "pester power"? YouTube as a forum for the generation of evidence and patient advocacy

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 420-425

  Mazanderani, Fadhila ^a   O'Neill, Braden ^b   Powell, John ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activism; Evidence; Experience; Multiple sclerosis; YouTube

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ATORVASTATIN; BETA INTERFERON; GLATIRAMER; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NATALIZUMAB;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VENOPLASTY; YOUTUBE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SPINE; VASCULARIZATION; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VIDEORECORDING;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SPINE; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84888322008     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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