TY - JOUR
AU - Au, Anson
AB - PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the nature, gravity, and consequences of physician use of social media use surpass professional identity, by bringing to attention the nuanced, potential conflicts between patient-physician interests in current educational policies.Design/methodology/approachAnalyzing a case study of a physician publicly posting and commenting on many of his patients’ information, conversations, and medical conditions on social media.FindingsPhysician social media use carries many issues that concern ethics and the patient, rather than professional identity and the physician. In response, two sets of ethical standards are developed: one that deals with what constitutes impermissible behaviors online, and another that stipulates appropriate punishments for violations of these codes.Originality/valueMost medical education policies and the literature have emphasized professional identity- formation with regards to physician use of social media, rather than ethics. Furthermore, no study exists that presents a clear, concrete, insider perspective at physicians’ improper use of social media.
TI - Online physicians, offline patients
JF - International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
DO - 10.1108/IJSSP-08-2017-0102
DA - 2018-06-11
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/online-physicians-offline-patients-DKw6kavPtp
SP - 474
EP - 483
VL - 38
IS - 5-6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -