Title: The internet and health care :
Authors: Murero, Monica.; Rice, Ronald E.
Date: 2006
Publisher: Larence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers,
Physical description: xxxv, 403 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: R
Contents: E-health research / Monica Murero and Ronald E. Rice -- E-health : beyond Internet searches / Laura J. Gurak and Brenda L. Hudson -- E-research and e-learning : could online virtual environments help doctors take better care of patients? / Monica Murero -- The state of e-commerce in health : an examination, diagnosis, and prognosis / Pamela Whitten, Charles Steinfield and Lorraine Buis -- Media use theory and Internet use for health care / Mohan J. Dutta-Bergman -- Singapore Internet users' health information search : motivation, perception of information sources, and self-efficacy / Evelyn Tang and Waipeng Lee -- Patients' online information-seeking behaviour / Ulrika Josefsson -- Internet use in physician practice and patient interaction / Ronald E. Rice and James E. Katz -- Delivering the goods : midwives' use of the Internet / Sarah Stewart -- The mysterious maze of the World Wide Web : how can we guide consumers to high-quality health information on the Internet? / Joshua J. Seidman -- Online communities for mutual help : fears, fiction, and facts / Gerald Kral -- The use of the Internet for health information and social support : a content analysis of online breast cancer discussion groups / George A. Barnett and Jennie M. Hwang -- Designing and implementing virtual patient support communities : a German case study / Jan Marco Leimeister and Helmut Kremar -- Technology and health information privacy : consumers and the adoption of digital medical records technology / Kier Wallis and Ronald E. Rice -- Web-based computer-tailored feedback on alcohol use : motivating excessive drinkers to consider their behaviour / Susanne Brunsting and Bas van den Putte -- Telehealth in indigenous communities in the far north : challenges for continued development / Lorna Heaton -- Internet in the war against HIV/AIDS in Asia / Indrajit Banerjee and Cecilia Leong Hsi-Shi -- New technologies and public health in developing countries : the Cell PREVEN Project / Walter H. Curioso.
Subject headings (LCSH): Health services administration--Computer network resources.; Internet.; Medical care--Computer network resources.; Medicine--Computer network resources.