Breast Self-Examination System Using Multifaceted Trustworthiness: Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer is the leading cause of mortality among women worldwide. However, female patients often feel reluctant and embarrassed about meeting physicians in person to discuss their intimate body parts, and prefer to use social media for such interactions. Indeed, the number of patients and physicians interacting and seeking information related to breast cancer on social media has been growing. However, a physician may behave inappropriately on social media by sharing a patient's personal medical data excessively with colleagues or the public. Such an act would reduce the physician's trustworthiness from the patient's perspective. The multifaceted trust model is currently most commonly used for investigating social media interactions, which facilitates its enhanced ad

SUBMITTER: Khana R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7542407 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature