Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6927115 International Journal of Medical Informatics 2013 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Social technology can contribute to patient compliance and at the same time have empowerment potential. ► Demonstrate difference in individual empowerment and collective empowerment ► The methodology of the study adds qualitative and textual analysis to the quantitative research on communication with IT. ► The in depth analysis arrives at a communicational genre of 'multi-logical narrative' in order to explain how shared meaning and knowledge is created collaborative in online communities. ► The article argues that an 'ideal patient' is configured in online patient communities.
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