Abstract
Online social network technologies have become important to health and apply in most health care areas. Particularly in cancer care, because it is a disease which involves many social aspects, online social networks can be very useful. Use of online social networks provides a suitable platform for cancer patients and families to present and share information about their medical conditions, address their educational needs, support decision making, and help to coping with their disease and improve their own outcomes. Like any other new technologies, online social networks, along with many benefits, have some negative effects such as violation of privacy and publication of incorrect information. However, if these effects are managed properly, they can empower patients to manage cancer through changing behavioral patterns and enhancing the quality of cancer patients lives This paper explains some application of online social networks in the cancer patient care process. It also covers advantages and disadvantages of related technologies.
Highlights
Because cancer diseases impose large costs to communities, so that preventing and minimizing the impact of these diseases is great challenge that modern society facing with (Mohammadzadeh et al, 2013a)
Online social network technologies have become important to health and apply in most health care areas
Like any other new technologies, online social networks, along with many benefits, have some negative effects such as violation of privacy and publication of incorrect information. If these effects are managed properly, they can empower patients to manage cancer through changing behavioral patterns and enhancing the quality of cancer patients lives This paper explains some application of online social networks in the cancer patient care process
Summary
Because cancer diseases impose large costs to communities, so that preventing and minimizing the impact of these diseases is great challenge that modern society facing with (Mohammadzadeh et al, 2013a). Cancer is a personal disease and beside its great influences on many aspects of patient life (Abbasnezhad et al, 2015); it has socioeconomically impacts (Cannon et al, 2012). In cancer care like other areas of health care, social networks have great influences in physician, nurse and patient activities. It rapidly have been adapted by people and made great changes in communication processes (Cain, 2011). In this paper online social networks and their effect on various aspects of life in patients with cancer have been described
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