'It's like having a physician in your pocket!' A critical analysis of self-diagnosis smartphone apps

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue , 2015, Pages 128-135

  Lupton, Deborah ^a,b   Jutel, Annemarie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Critical digital health studies; Mobile apps; Self diagnosis; Smartphones; Sociology of diagnosis

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; SOFTWARE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIVACY; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOLOGY; DEVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE; SMARTPHONE;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CARE; SMARTPHONE;

EID: 84926432398     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.04.004     Document Type: Article

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