Why Do Patients and Caregivers Seek Answers From the Internet and Online Lung Specialists? A Qualitative Study

Romane Milia Schook   ¹ , MD, PhD Student ;   Cilia Linssen   ² , MSc ;   Franz MNH Schramel   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Jan Festen   ² , MD, PhD ;   Ernst Lammers   ⁴ , MD ;   Egbert F Smit   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Pieter E Postmus   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Marjan J Westerman   ⁵ , PhD

¹ VU University Medical Center, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

² Lung Cancer Information Center: Longkanker Informatiecentrum, Maarsbergen, The Netherlands

³ St Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

⁴ Gelre Ziekenhuizen, Zutphen, The Netherlands

⁵ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Health Sciences, Methodology and Applied Biostatistics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands