INTERNET A MEDYCYNA. PRZEMIANY RELACJI ZACHODZĄCYCH MIĘDZY PACJENTAMI A LEKARZAMI NA PRZYKŁADZIE PORTALI OCENIAJĄCYCH LEKARZY
The Internet and medicine. Changes in the relations between patients and doctors based on portals assessing physicians
Author(s): Agata MaksymowiczSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwa AGH
Keywords: sociology of medicine; physician-patient relationship; Internet portal; experience of the disease
Summary/Abstract: Recently, modern society has brought about changes in medicine, mostly in the biomedical paradigm and in the relationship between doctors and patients. Social changes have led from objective to subjective treatment of the patient, who is now a more active part of therapeutic process, especially if suffering from a chronic disease. Some trends on the Internet are apparent in these analyses. The webpages investigating the doctors give a choice, sense of subject, and awareness of control medical`s environment. There is a not completely possibility, sometimes illusive, but it is.
Journal: Studia Humanistyczne AGH
- Issue Year: 13/2014
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 101-113
- Page Count: 13