Consumer reliance on Internet health information is proliferating, creating concern as to the quality and authoritativeness of this information. Given that access to information is a fundamental component of shared decision making, and improved medical, social and health outcomes, the challenge is to provide information which is relevant, timely, accurate and as far as possible meets the dynamic information needs of the user. The paper reports on the Breast Cancer Knowledge Online research project and its ‘intelligent portal ’ designed to support medical and psycho-social decision making through its innovative matching of user profiles, metadata tagging and user-aware resource descriptions. The portal will provide a gateway to both breast c...
Reviewer: Embi, PeterReviewer: Monaco, Valerie[This item is a preserved copy and is not necessarily ...
Background: The decision around whether to attend breast screening can often involve making sense of...
Abstract: Health information, provided through the Internet, has recently received attention from co...
The Internet provides access to a plethora of information, with health information being no exceptio...
The Internet provides access to a plethora of information, with health information being no exceptio...
Information provision over the Internet offers little by way of "intelligently" assisting users in r...
Information provision over the Internet offers little by way of "intelligently " a...
Information provision over the Internet offers little by way of intelligently assisting users in r...
This thesis examines online information on the topic of women’s breast cancer according to their con...
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appe...
One third of Australian women with breast cancer reside in rural areas. Timely information provision...
Patients including breast cancer patients’ participation in the management of their health is now an...
With its growing use, the Internet offers researchers a novel approach in reaching those they seek t...
Adequate information is crucial for patient participation in health trajectories. The objective of t...
Each year, over 226,870 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and 39,510 will die....
Reviewer: Embi, PeterReviewer: Monaco, Valerie[This item is a preserved copy and is not necessarily ...
Background: The decision around whether to attend breast screening can often involve making sense of...
Abstract: Health information, provided through the Internet, has recently received attention from co...
The Internet provides access to a plethora of information, with health information being no exceptio...
The Internet provides access to a plethora of information, with health information being no exceptio...
Information provision over the Internet offers little by way of "intelligently" assisting users in r...
Information provision over the Internet offers little by way of "intelligently " a...
Information provision over the Internet offers little by way of intelligently assisting users in r...
This thesis examines online information on the topic of women’s breast cancer according to their con...
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appe...
One third of Australian women with breast cancer reside in rural areas. Timely information provision...
Patients including breast cancer patients’ participation in the management of their health is now an...
With its growing use, the Internet offers researchers a novel approach in reaching those they seek t...
Adequate information is crucial for patient participation in health trajectories. The objective of t...
Each year, over 226,870 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and 39,510 will die....
Reviewer: Embi, PeterReviewer: Monaco, Valerie[This item is a preserved copy and is not necessarily ...
Background: The decision around whether to attend breast screening can often involve making sense of...
Abstract: Health information, provided through the Internet, has recently received attention from co...