Online support groups have long been recognized as an important and unique source of medical information and social support for patients. Derek Hansen, Paul Resnick, and Sean Munson at the University of Michigan’s School of Information, are trying to help online support groups create community repositories using wiki software at http://medshelf.org.
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Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion–Susannah Fox
April 29’s New York Times featured a story about breast cancer survivors who meet online to talk about “chemo brain” and how to cope with it: “Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion” (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/29chemo.html?em&ex=1178164800&en=8ddebc22187bd826&ei=5087%0A). Here are some excerpts which reminded me of our ongoing discussions about e-patients: – “Until recently, oncologists would discount it, […]
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