Virtually He@lthy
The Impact of Internet Use on Disease Experience and the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5454784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex Broom (0000-0003-1258-1140, University of Leeds, corresponding author), Nicole Cort (0000-0001-8434-5994, University of Leeds) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 325-345 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1049732304272916 |
| PMID | 15761103 |
| OpenAlex | W2097566882 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 98 |
| References cited | 50 |
In the current study, the author explores the complex effects and contradictory roles of the Internet as a source of empowerment and control, and as a site of 'risk management.' Drawing on a study of the Internet usage of Australian men with prostate cancer, the author investigates how access to information and online support affects men's experiences of disease and, in particular, the possible implications of Internet-informed patients for the doctor-patient relationship. The data reveal that accessing information and/or support online can have a profound effect on men's experiences of prostate cancer, providing a method of taking some control over their disease and limiting inhibitions experienced in face-to-face encounters. However, it is also clear that some medical specialists view Internet-informed patients as a challenge to their power within medical encounters and, as a result, employ disciplinary strategies that reinforce traditional patient roles and alienate patients who use the Internet
Discipline · Disease · Empowerment · Family medicine · Internet privacy · Limiting · Medical education · Political science · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Medicine · Psychology · Social Media in Health Education
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Knowledge Legitimacy
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Web and/or MD
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Sterilization Decision Making Among Medically At-Risk Obese Pregnant Women
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Probing, Impelling, But Not Offending Doctors
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Multi-sited therapeutic assemblages
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Patient-accessible online health records
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A concept analysis of empowerment
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Emotional Adultery
Spaces of Identity
Communicating Breast Cancer On-Line
Patient empowerment in the United States
Psychoneuroimmunology and Health Consequences
Nattering on the Net
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Doctor-patient communication
Illness and the feminine role
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Information Technology and Gender. Problems and Proposals
E-Scaped Medicine? Information, Reflexivity and Health
Self‐disclosure in computer‐mediated communication
Cyberfutures
Patient Information-Seeking Behaviors When Communicating With Doctors
Discovering’ chronic illness
Risk society
Physician-patient communication and patient satisfaction in Japanese cancer consultations
Consumerism, reflexivity and the medical encounter
Anonymity is part of the magic
Gps in Cyberspace
Dying
Birth and the 'reflexive consumer
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Ignorance is bliss sometimes
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| Unique citing works | 98 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,67 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 91 |