A pressing concern in contemporary health policy is whether the medical profession's
mandate to take care of clients has been undermined by the influx of money into health care …

We consider what might be learned from the unintended, apparently unanticipated,
consequences of the use of digital health (including alternatives to face to face …

This widely researched study demonstrates convincingly that neither grandiose promises
nor nightmare scenarios have much to do with actual care practices employing telecare …

Outlines how the social dimensions of medical diagnosis can deepen our understanding of
health. Diagnosis is central to medicine. It creates order, explains illness, identifies …

Winner of the British Sociological Association Foundation for the Sociology of Health and
Illness Book Prize, 2012. This book traces the changes in healthcare implicated in telecare …

Objective To systematically review existing literature regarding patient engagement
technologies used in the inpatient setting. Methods PubMed, Association for Computing …

Do 'informed'or 'expert'patients challenge dominant traditions in biomedicine or simply adopt
these as conventional ways of thinking about body shape and size, illness and health? This …

In the current study, the author explores the complex effects and contradictory roles of the
Internet as a source of empowerment and control, and as a site of “risk management.” …

This article illustrates the role electronic support groups play in consumer-driven
medicalization. The analysis is based on an observational study of a year in the life of an …

This paper discusses how digitalization of healthcare empowers stakeholders to interact and
co-create value. The literature so far has focused on the benefits of healthcare value co …