Web 2.0 and chronic illness: new horizons, new opportunities.

@article{citeulike:2514945, abstract = {"Web 2.0" heralds a breakthrough opportunity for empowering healthcare consumers of all types, and especially for those suffering from different forms of chronic illness. As the author shows using some data gathered from a popular social networking website--MySpace.com--this opportunity may be greatest for heavily stigmatized chronic health issues, such as obesity and mental illness.}, address = {IBM's Global Buisness Services, Toronto. neil@ca.ibm.com}, author = {Seeman, N. }, citeulike-article-id = {2514945}, issn = {1710-2774}, journal = {Healthc Q}, keywords = {web20}, number = {1}, posted-at = {2008-03-11 13:40:40}, priority = {2}, title = {Web 2.0 and chronic illness: new horizons, new opportunities.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18326388}, volume = {11}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2514945 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2514945 TI - Web 2.0 and chronic illness: new horizons, new opportunities. JF - Healthc Q VL - 11 IS - 1 AD - IBM's Global Buisness Services, Toronto. neil@ca.ibm.com SN - 1710-2774 N2 - "Web 2.0" heralds a breakthrough opportunity for empowering healthcare consumers of all types, and especially for those suffering from different forms of chronic illness. As the author shows using some data gathered from a popular social networking website--MySpace.com--this opportunity may be greatest for heavily stigmatized chronic health issues, such as obesity and mental illness. KW - web20 AU - Seeman, N PY - 2008/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18326388 ER -