Munchausen by Internet ( MBI ) : Current research and future directions

JMIR--Munchausen by Internet: Current Research and Future Directions | Pulman | Journal of Medical Internet Research

Munchausen by Internet and Nursing Practice: An Ethnonetnographic Case Study

This paper used Feldman’s clues to factitious illness behavior on the Internet (FIBI), to determine whether the online behaviour of one member of an online breast cancer support community www. breastcancerclick.com.au, moderated by a specialist breast cancer nurse (SBCN), could be Munchausen by Internet (MBI) and why identification of this behaviour is important for online nursing practice. Thi...

Patient Engagement and its Evaluation Tools – Current Challenges and Future Directions; Comment on “Metrics and Evaluation Tools for Patient Engagement in Healthcare Organization- and System-Level Decision-Making: A Systematic Review”

Considering the growing recognition of the importance of patient engagement in healthcare decisions, research and delivery systems, it is important to ensure high quality and efficient patient engagement evaluation tools. In this commentary, we will first highlight the definition and importance of patient engagement. Then we discuss the psychometric properties of the patient engagement evaluati...

Future Directions in Tele-operated Robotics

This paper examines a number of key areas of current research in tele-operated robotics that could have a significant impact on future directions and applications. Although accurate prediction is notoriously difficult the paper will aim to ground its conclusions through reference to current research literature. Following a generic description of the key elements in tele-robotic systems, the pap...

The association between Internet addiction and psychiatric disorder: a review of the literature.

Internet addiction is a newly emergent disorder. It has been found to be associated with a variety of psychiatric disorders. Information about such coexisting psychiatric disorders is essential to understand the mechanism of Internet addiction. In this review, we have recruited articles mentioning coexisting psychiatric disorders of Internet addiction from the PubMed database as at November 3, ...