Engineering a virtual community for breast cancer patients

Authors: Arnold, Yvonne¹; Daum, Miriam¹; Krcmar, Helmut²

Source: International Journal of Web Based Communities, Volume 1, Number 2, 30 January 2005 , pp. 150-162(13)

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Abstract:

There are several challenges in the field of community engineering in the health care domain: to achieve the greatest congruency between the patients' needs and the services of the platform, potential users need to get involved in the development process and an evaluation of the conceptualised product is necessary.

Keywords: COMPUTING JOURNALS; Internet and Web Services

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJWBC.2005.006060

Affiliations: 1: Information Systems Department (I 17), Technische Universitat Munchen Boltzmannstr. 3, Garching bei Munchen 85748, Germany. 2: Information Systems Department (I 17), Technische Universitat Munchen Boltzmannstr. 3, Garching bei Munchen 85748, Germany

Publication date: 2005-01-30

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