ArticleJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine2008
eHealth as a challenge to 'expert' power: a focus group study of internet use for health information and management.
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- A mixed methods systematic review of the effects of patient online self-diagnosing in the 'smart-phone society' on the healthcare professional-patient relationship and medical authority.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2020Pooled it
- The Role of Mobile Applications in Improving Alcohol Health Literacy in Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: Help or Hindrance?Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2015Pooled it
- Parental intuition: a phenomenological structure of intuitive knowing in the context of child illness and shared decision-making in healthcare.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
- Multilayer framework for digital multicomponent platform design for colorectal survivors and carers: a qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Young People's Response to Six Smartphone Apps for Anxiety and Depression: Focus Group Study.JMIR mental health · 2019Article
- 'I need her to be a doctor': patients' experiences of presenting health information from the internet in GP consultations.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2012Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate current use of the internet and eHealth amongst adults.
designFocus groups were conducted to explore participants' attitudes to and reasons for health internet use.
main outcome measuresThe focus group data were analysed and interpreted using thematic analysis.
resultsThree superordinate themes exploring eHealth behaviours were identified: decline in expert authority, pervasiveness of health information on the internet and empowerment. Results showed participants enjoyed the immediate benefits of eHealth information and felt empowered by increased knowledge, but they would be reluctant to lose face-to-face consultations with their GP.
conclusionsOur findings illustrate changes in patient identity and a decline in expert authority with ramifications for the practitioner-patient relationship and subsequent implications for health management more generally.
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