Between empowerment and self-discipline: governing patients' conduct through technological self-care

Recent health policy renders patients increasingly responsible for managing their health via digital technology such as health apps and online patient platforms. This paper discusses underlying tensions between empowerment and self-discipline embodied in discourses of technological self-care. It pre...

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Main Authors: Petrakaki, Dimitra, Hilberg, Eva, Waring, Justin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53438/
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53438/
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53438/
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53438/1/1-s2.0-S0277953618304106-main.pdf