Web 2.0 and chronic illness: new horizons, new opportunities.
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"Web 2.0" heralds a breakthrough opportunity for empowering healthcare consumers of all types, and especially for those suffering from different forms of chronic illness. As the author shows using some data gathered from a popular social networking website--MySpace.com--this opportunity may be greatest for heavily stigmatized chronic health issues, such as obesity and mental illness.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Healthcare quarterly
دوره 11 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008