Consumer Empowerment in Health Care Amid the Internet and Social Media
Seminars in Oncology NursingPublished 25 July 2011
William B. Lober, Jan Flowers
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Social trends are visible in the integration of information and communication technologies into health care, in both searching for and sharing information on the Internet, in the use of social media to create new types of interactions with family, providers, and peers.
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Changes in both patients and technology will impact oncology nursing practice as new, patient-centered, interactions emerge.
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