The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals Sydney S Chellen ISBN 0-415-22747-X Routledge 2000

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-46
Author(s):  
Fred Coutts
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
The Internet

Attitudes of oncology health professionals to information from the Internet and other media

2005 ◽  
Vol 183 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genni M Newnham ◽  
W Ivon Burns ◽  
Raymond D Snyder ◽  
Anthony J Dowling ◽  
Nadia F Ranieri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
The Internet

scholarly journals Is it Friday yet? Mothers talking about sex online

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Uk

Inspired by the media furore over ‘penis beaker gate’ (October 2013), this article investigates the discussion of sex on the UK parenting website Mumsnet. It asks why there was such shock at finding mothers discussing sexual matters online, what types of discussion related to sex can actually be found on Mumsnet and why women use Mumsnet to discuss these matters. It suggests that the Internet in general offers a new place for women to discuss and discover their sexuality and that Mumsnet in particular offers an interactive and anonymous forum for women whose needs in this area are not met by the mainstream media. On Mumsnet women seek advice and support from others in similar situations, attempt to establish ‘norms’ relating to sexual behaviour, and supplement information given by health professionals.

Internet Use by Patients with Lymphoma and Caregivers.

Blood ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 108 (11) ◽  
pp. 5532-5532
Author(s):  
Antonia A. Garcia-Nieto ◽  
Soledad S. Duran ◽  
Maria Carmen M.C. Fernandez-Valle ◽  
Eduardo E. Rios ◽  
Juan Nicolas J.N. Rodriguez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Search ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Second Opinion ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Important Resource ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
Use Of Internet ◽  
Made In

Abstract The Internet is changing the way that people learn about health and illness. At present do not exist data of the use of Internet by patients of lymphoma and her caregivers in Spain. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the distribution and patterns of Internet use by patients with lymphoma and her caregivers. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 585 subjects (258 patients, 264 relatives and 63 health professionals), 228 male and 357 female, they have responded a questionnaire on diverse aspects of the use of Internet. RESULTS: Two hundred fifty (42,7%) subjects use Internet, although only 27% make to obtain data on lymphoma. With respect to the group of patients 31% recognize to use Internet, but only the 23,3% do it by questions related to their disease. The main reasons for Internet use are to obtain information about treatments (74.7%) or second opinion medical (9.3%). The 77,6% have been using Internet for more than 3 years; the 47,2% have university studies and the 58,4% have between 33–50 years. Mainly the information search is made in Spanish language and through the Google finder. They consider that Information on lymphoma is acceptable (44.9%) or of enough quality (43.7%), trustworthy (50.6%) or of enough reliability (33.5%) and useful (45.6%) or quite useful (37.3%). COMMENTARIES: This study contributes data on the use of Internet by patients with lymphoma and her caregivers in Spain. Oncologists should be familiar with this important resource to help patients access appropriate material.

eHealth Systems, Their Use and Visions for the Future

2009 ◽  
pp. 346-353
Author(s):  
Pirkko Nykänen
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Related Information ◽  
The Future ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Physician Patient

eHealth refers to use of information and communication technologies to improve or enable health and healthcare. eHealth broadens the scope of health care delivery, citizens are in the center of services and services are offered by information systems often via the Internet. In this chapter eHealth systems are classified on the basis of their use and their functionality and the use is discussed from the viewpoints of citizens and health professionals. Citizens are increasingly using Internet and eHealth systems to search for medicine or health related information, and they become better informed and may take more responsibility of their own health. Health professionals are more reluctant to use the Internet and eHealth systems in physician-patient communication due to power and responsibility problems of decisions. In the future the socio-technical nature of eHealth should be considered and future systems developed for real use and user environment with user acceptable technology.

E-Health Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 281-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pirkko Nykanen
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Physician Patient

E-health refers to use of information and communication technologies to improve or enable health and healthcare. E-health broadens the scope of healthcare delivery; citizens are in the center of services and services are offered by information systems often via the Internet. In this chapter e-health systems are classified on the basis of their use and their functionality and the use is discussed from the viewpoints of citizens and health professionals. Citizens are increasingly using Internet and e-health systems to search for medicine or health-related information, and they become better informed and may take more responsibility of their own health. Health professionals are more reluctant to use the Internet and e-health systems in physician-patient communication due to the power and responsibility problems of decisions. In the future the sociotechnical nature of e-health should be considered and future systems developed for real use and user environment with user acceptable technology.

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