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...

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Published in:	Futurist Vol. 31; pp. 29 - 34
Main Author:	Ferguson, Tom
Format:	Article
Published:	World Future Society November/December 1997
Subjects:	Biomedical forecasting World Wide Web Digital resources in medicine Information society
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost