Research Catalog

Title

The Internet and health communication : experiences and expectations / Ronald E. Rice, James E. Katz, editors.

Publication

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Katz, James Everett.
• Rice, Ronald E.

Description

xvi, 459 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subjects

• Internet
• Medical telematics
• Electronic Data Processing
• Communications Media
• Health > Computer network resources
• Medical Informatics
• Communication in medicine

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Foreword / Stephen A. Schroeder -- Pt. I. An Overview of Experiences and Expectations. 1. The Internet and Health Communication: A Framework of Experiences / Ronald E. Rice. 2. The Future of the Internet in Health Care: A Five-Year Forecast / Robert Mittman and Mary Cain -- Pt. II. Sources of and Experiences With Online Medical Information. 3. Consumer Use of Medical Information From Electronic and Paper Media: A Literature Review / Philip M. Napoli. 4. Assessments of Quality of Health Care Information and Referrals to Physicians: A Nationwide Survey / Philip Aspden and James E. Katz. 5. Use of the Internet for Professional Purposes: A Survey of New Jersey Physicians / Philip Aspden, James E. Katz and Ann E. Bemis. 6. Expectations and Experiences of Seeking Infertility Information via the Internet and the Telephone Directory / June Anigbogu and Ronald E. Rice -- Pt. III. Experiences Developing and Evaluating Health Information Sites.
• 7. Using the Web to Assist Communities in Public Health Campaign Planning: A Case Study of the REACT Project / John R. Finnegan, Jr., Deborah Alexander and Jason Rightmyer / [et al.]. 8. Evaluating a Federal Health-Related Web Site: A Multimethod Perspective on Medicare.gov / Sid J. Schneider, Joy Frechtling and Timothy Edgar / [et al.]. 9. A Pound of Cure: A Content Analysis of Health Information on Web Sites of Top-Ranked HMOs / Elizabeth Witherspoon. 10. A Comparative Features Analysis of Publicly Accessible Commercial and Government Health Database Web Sites / Ronald E. Rice, Michael Peterson and Robert Christine -- Pt. IV. Experiences of Online Health Communities and of Organizations Moving to E-Commerce. 11. Experiencing Empathy Online / Jennifer J. Preece and Kambiz Ghozati. 12. The Role of the Organization in the Success of Web-Based Continuing Medical Education Programs / Pamela S. Whitten, Matthew S. Eastin and David Cook.
• 13. Improving Diabetes Care With Telecomputing Technology / Richard L. Street, Jr. and Veronica K. Piziak. 14. Web-Enabled Hospitals in the United States: Influences on Adoption Processes / Lauren B. Eder and Donald E. Wise. 15. Competitive Collaboration in Australia's Pharmaceutical Industry / Elizabeth More and G. Michael McGrath -- Pt. V. Public Policy Experiences and Expectations. 16. ehealth: Federal Issues and Approaches / Cynthia Baur.

ISBN

• 0761922326 (cl)
• 0761922334 (pb)

LCCN

00010038

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries