Access to information, equity in health and lay knowledge in cancer care
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https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v7i3.557Keywords:
Information access, ICTs, Equity in health, Advocacy, Non-professional knowledge, Oncological care, Social Determinants of Health.Abstract
Aiming to contribute to the understanding of the concept of health equity, this study carefully examines the notion of information access and its boundaries and limits in the context of social determinants of health and their interaction with public policy. From this point of view, this text addresses the advocacy practices of patient organizations in the field of oncology and the impact of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) that bring non-professionalknowledge as an expression of the "social production of scientific knowledge" in the context of the XXI century.
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Hartt, V., & Guimarães, M. C. S. (2013). Access to information, equity in health and lay knowledge in cancer care. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 7(3). https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v7i3.557
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