Sounding off on Social Media: The Ethics of Patient Storytelling in the Modern Era

Academic Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1015-1019

  Wells, Deva M ^a   Lehavot, Keren ^a   Isaac, Margaret L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; POLICY; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; CODES OF ETHICS; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; INTERNET; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938243137     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000668     Document Type: Review

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