The digitally engaged patient: Self-monitoring and self-care in the digital health era

Social Theory & Health - Tập 11 Số 3 - Trang 256-270 - 2013
Deborah Lupton1
1Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia

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