Practicing Patienthood Online: Social Media, Chronic Illness, and Lay Expertise
The use of digital technologies and social media by people with serious illness to find, share, and create health information is much celebrated but rarely critiqued. Proponents laud “Health 2.0” as transforming health care practice and empowering patients. Critics, however, argue that a discourse o...
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MDPI AG
2014-06-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/4/2/316 |