Empowerment of patients in online discussions about medicine use Clinical decision-making, knowledge support systems, and theory

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Van Berkel, Jasper J ^a   Lambooij, Mattijs S ^a   Hegger, Ingrid ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; ALS; Diabetes; Empowerment; Internet; Online forum; Online support groups; Social media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; SELF HELP;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CARE; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 84927758514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12911-015-0146-6     Document Type: Article

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