Searching for health: The topography of the first page

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-240

  McTavish, Jill ^a   Harris, Roma ^a   Wathen, Nadine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Health information seeking; Internet; Medicalization; Search engine; Social construction of health

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027936634     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-011-9272-8     Document Type: Article

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