Abstract

ABSTRACT The internet provides the means for people to play an expanded role in managing their own health. I describe an online group of 325 students seeking to address various health issues through a collaborative “online clinic.” I have coined the term DIO (Do-It-Ourselves) to emphasize the underlying collaboration in this self-care trend. As a living tradition, Chinese medicine is transforming as lay people participate in this process, and their collaborative study in a digital classroom suggests a new style of knowing.

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