E - Patients
LDA recognizes the increasing importance of the Internet for the education and support of patients.
The following articles support this statement.
UK
- Interactive Health Communication Applications for people with chronic disease (IHCAs) PDF (636K) ,
Summary
- E Murray, J Burns, Tai S See, R Lai, I Nazareth : Wiley (Oct 2005)
- Googling for a diagnosis—use of Google as a diagnostic aid: internet based study
- Hangwi Tang, Jennifer Hwee Kwoon Ng, BMJ (Nov 2006)
USA
- The first generation of e-patients
- Tom Ferguson & Gilles Frydman: BMJ (May 2004)
- What I've Learned from E-Patients
- Dan Hoch & Tom Ferguson: PLoS Medicine (Aug 2005)
- Health related virtual communities and electronic support groups: systematic review of the effects of online peer to peer interactions
- Gunther Eysenbach et al : BMJ (May 2004)
