Worse than ignorance: the challenge of health misinformation

This Element considers health misinformation and the problems it presents. The evolving communication context-changing doctor-patient relationships and developments in information technology-presents patients with a vastly enriched information landscape and new challenges to patients navigating it....

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Beteilige Person: Schulz, Peter 1958-
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Nakamoto, Kent
Format: E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York Cambridge University Press 2024
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge elements. Elements in health communication
Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009289542
Zusammenfassung:This Element considers health misinformation and the problems it presents. The evolving communication context-changing doctor-patient relationships and developments in information technology-presents patients with a vastly enriched information landscape and new challenges to patients navigating it. These challenges are magnified as growing patient empowerment and autonomy have increased expectations for patient involvement in medical decisions. In this context, the ways people approach presented information, learn from it, understand it, and use it, exacerbate the risk that they become misinformed-believing things that are inimical to improved health. Moreover, these same processes make it difficult to correct such beliefs. Approaches building on trust between patient and professional exemplify improved communication to increase accurate patient knowledge and understanding in the service of better health. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (81 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009289542
ISSN:2754-1045