Research Catalog

Title

The internet and health care : theory, research, and practice / edited by Monica Murero, Ronald E. Rice.

Publication

Mahwah, N.J. : Larence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2006.

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Additional Authors

• Murero, Monica.
• Rice, Ronald E.

Description

xxxv, 403 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm.

Series Statement

LEA's communication series

Uniform Title

LEA's communication series.

Subjects

• Delivery of Health Care
• Information Storage and Retrieval
• Internet
• Self-Help Groups
• Medical care > Computer network resources
• Medicine > Computer network resources
• Health services administration > Computer network resources

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

1. E-health research / Monica Murero and Ronald E. Rice -- 2. E-health : beyond Internet searches / Laura J. Gurak and Brenda L. Hudson -- 3. E-research and e-learning : could online virtual environments help doctors take better care of patients? / Monica Murero -- 4. The state of e-commerce in health : an examination, diagnosis, and prognosis / Pamela Whitten, Charles Steinfield and Lorraine Buis -- 5. Media use theory and Internet use for health care / Mohan J. Dutta-Bergman -- 6. Singapore Internet users' health information search : motivation, perception of information sources, and self-efficacy / Evelyn Tang and Waipeng Lee -- 7. Patients' online information-seeking behaviour / Ulrika Josefsson -- 8. Internet use in physician practice and patient interaction / Ronald E. Rice and James E. Katz -- 9. Delivering the goods : midwives' use of the Internet / Sarah Stewart -- 10. The mysterious maze of the World Wide Web : how can we guide consumers to high-quality health information on the Internet? / Joshua J. Seidman -- 11. Online communities for mutual help : fears, fiction, and facts / Gerald Kral -- 12. 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 -- 13. Designing and implementing virtual patient support communities : a German case study / Jan Marco Leimeister and Helmut Kremar -- 14. Technology and health information privacy : consumers and the adoption of digital medical records technology / Kier Wallis and Ronald E. Rice -- 15. Web-based computer-tailored feedback on alcohol use : motivating excessive drinkers to consider their behaviour / Susanne Brunsting and Bas van den Putte -- 16. Telehealth in indigenous communities in the far north : challenges for continued development / Lorna Heaton -- 17. Internet in the war against HIV/AIDS in Asia / Indrajit Banerjee and Cecilia Leong Hsi-Shi -- 18. New technologies and public health in developing countries : the Cell PREVEN Project / Walter H. Curioso.

ISBN

• 0805858148 (hbk.)
• 0805858156 (pbk.)

LCCN

9780805858143

OCLC

• ocm70110323
• SCSB-5267625

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries