Hacer Aker - Handbook of Research on Cyberchondria, Health Literacy, and the Role of Media in Societys Perception of Medical Information

Handbook of Research on Cyberchondria, Health Literacy, and the Role of Media in Societys Perception of Medical Information

• Hacer Aker
  Selcuk University, Turkey
• Mary Aiken
  University of East London, UK

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Names: Aker, Hacer, DATE- editor. | Aiken, Mary Patricia, DATE- editor.
Title: Handbook of research on cyberchondria, health literacy, and the role
of media in society's perception of medical information / Hacer Aker, and
Mary Patricia Aiken, editor.
Description: Hershey PA : Information Science Reference, [2022] | Includes
bibliographical references and index. | Summary: "This book addresses
cyberchondria, health literacy, and the role of media on society's
perception of medical information through an interdisciplinary approach,
combining the social and humanities, communication sciences and medical
science on a horizontal plane, enabling the collection of different
perspectives on the concept of cyberchondria at the international
level"-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021028555 (print) | LCCN 2021028556 (ebook) | ISBN
9781799886303 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781799886327 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Cyberchondria. | Health--Computer network resources. |
Medicine--Computer network resources. | Internet--Psychological aspects.
| Health literacy. | Health in mass media. | Internet in medicine.
Classification: LCC RC552.C93 C93 2022 (print) | LCC RC552.C93 (ebook) |
DDC 616.85/25--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021028555
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021028556

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