Expert and experiential knowledge in the same place: Patients' experiences with online communities connecting patients and health professionals

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 265-270

  Vennik, Femke D ^a   Adams, Samantha A ^a   Faber, Marjan J ^b   Putters, Kim ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Expert knowledge; Information; Internet; Lay knowledge; Online health communities; Patients; Physicians; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WEB BROWSER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897107482     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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