Health care in cyberspace: patients lead a revolution.
Patients are leading a health-care revolution by creating self-help communities on the Internet. These online networks, each of which is dedicated to a single health-related topic, offer technical medical information, practical advice on coping, emotional support, and online second opinions. Moreo...
| Publicado en: | Futurist Vol. 31; pp. 29 - 34 |
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World Future Society
November/December 1997
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