Bad Influence
How the Internet Hijacked Our Health
Oneworld Publications · Print & ebook · Forthcoming
When did we start trusting influencers over doctors?
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- Who it’s for
- Deborah Cohen examines how online health influencers fill gaps left by strained, costly medical care.
- Genres
- Healthcare Issues, Social Media & Online Life, Health Care Delivery
- Published
- Oneworld Publications, Forthcoming
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When did we start trusting influencers over doctors? You used to see a doctor. Now you go online. 'Uncomfortable but essential reading. Your definitive guide to separating medical facts from online fiction.' Adam Kay Want to track your blood sugar? Your heart rate? Your sleep? You can. Need to focus? Want to lose weight fast? Everything is a click away. But who is regulating this?
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As waiting times to see doctors grow ever longer and patients are often priced out of medical care altogether, influencers have filled the gap. From doctors promoting new therapies, to entrepreneurs selling solutions, these self-styled experts glow with good health and guarantee results. But they are not familiar with our medical history. They don't owe us a duty of care. And they're rarely either qualified or impartial. So why do we trust them?
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Deborah Cohen examines how online health influencers fill gaps left by strained, costly medical care.
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- Online influencers promoting therapies and selling health solutions
- Questions about qualifications, impartiality, and duty of care
Expect
- Examples include doctors promoting therapies and entrepreneurs selling solutions
- A central question: why trust online health advice?
Where it sits
| Healthcare Issues | 50% |
|---|---|
| Social Media & Online Life | 29% |
| Health Care Delivery | 24% |
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Publisher categories
- Economics
- Social Media & Online Life
- Health & Wellness
- Women's Health
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- Healthcare Issues
- Medicine
- Health Care Delivery
- Self-Help
- Authors
- Deborah Cohen, Blackstone Publishing
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Published
- Forthcoming
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Economics