Why can’t we be friends? A case-based analysis of ethical issues with social media in health care

AMA Journal of Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1009-1018

  Parsi, Kayhan ^a   Elster, Nanette ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOETHICS; BLOGGING; CASE REPORT; CIVIL RIGHTS; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; SOCIAL MEDIA; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BLOGGING; CIVIL RIGHTS; CODES OF ETHICS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84981225475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23766980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.11.peer1-1511     Document Type: Review

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