Abstract
Virtual communities of patients (also mentioned as virtual communities in health care — VCHC) provide today mainly information and mutual support for their members. They offer information concerning diseases, treatments or new research results. Information shared among members includes experience reports on how the disease was contracted, how it affects the daily life and how to cope with it or even how to overcome it. In some VCHC, experiences with medical institutions, medics or treatments are being discussed.
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Dannecker, A., Lechner, U. (2007). Online and Offline Integration in Virtual Communities of Patients — an Empirical Analysis. In: Steinfield, C., Pentland, B.T., Ackerman, M., Contractor, N. (eds) Communities and Technologies 2007. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-905-7_8
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