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There is uncertainty as to how a doctor ought to respond to a friend request from a patient via social media.
“For example, there is uncertainty as to how a doctor ought to respond to a “friend request” from a patient via social media, despite poor handling of the situation potentially affecting the viability of the therapeutic relationship [18].”
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“For example, there is uncertainty as to how a doctor ought to respond to a “friend request” from a patient via social media, despite poor handling of the situation potentially affecting the viability of the therapeutic relationship [18].”
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- Authors
- Devi, S.
- Corresponding author
- Devi, Sharmila
- ORCID
- Devi, Sharmila
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-04
- Volume
- 377
- Issue
- 9772
- Pages
- 1141-1142
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W2006282541
- Cited by
- 43
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 7.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Lancet (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Social Media in Health Education
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Medical and Health Sciences Research
- Keywords
- social networking sites, Facebook, physician-patient relationship, professional boundaries, medical ethics, confidentiality, codes of conduct, blogs, physician assistants, physician-patient communication
- MeSH terms
- Australia, Canada, Confidentiality, United Kingdom, Humans, Patients, Physicians, Societies, Medical, United States, Internet, Codes of Ethics, Friends, Trust
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