Conferences

Attended Medicine 2.0'08 (Toronto, Canada)
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 to Thursday, September 4, 2008
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Accepted Abstracts

Medicine 2.0'08 (Toronto, Canada)

Not every site needs a wiki: A conceptual framework for health Websites
Holly Witteman*, Laura O'Grady

Introduction In the early days of the World Wide Web, a Website was a Website was a Website. Sites facilitated information exchange in the form of text, images and hyperlinks and, for the most part, differed from each other only in content and aesthetic design features [1]. As the Web and its associated technology evolved, exchanges became more complex, incorporating new functions such as commerce, which enabled users to purchase items or services via the Web, and new features such as gues...

Medicine 2.0'09 (Toronto, Canada)

Apomediation and Women's Choices of Birth Place and Attendants
Holly Witteman*, Sarah Whyte, Jacqueline Bender*, Michelle Janutka, Erica Sutton, Laura O'grady, Kate Sellen, Morgan Von Tunzelmann, Carolynn Prior, Murray Enkin, Kirstin Borgerson, Nadine Wathen

Background: Many women use online communities to discuss their pregnancies and plans for childbirth. Knowledge shared and created within these groups may shape or reinforce opinions about birth place (home, hospital, birth center) and attendants (midwife, obstetrician, family physician, unassisted birth) within the broader social context of contested birth philosophies. Objective: In this study, we sought to explore the relationship between apomediation in online pregnancy communities and ...

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