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Digital Health Reviews (1799) Clinical Information and Decision Making (2035) Consumer & Patient Education and Shared-Decision Making (904) Peer-to-Peer Support and Online Communities (829) Theoretical Frameworks and Concepts (362) Quality/Credibility of eHealth Information and Trust Issues (671) Email Communication, Web-Based Communication, Secure Messaging (193) Virtual Communities and Communities of Practice for Healthcare Providers (69)

Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/73208, first published .
Extending Signaling Theory in Online Health Communities to Address Medical Information Asymmetry: Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis

Extending Signaling Theory in Online Health Communities to Address Medical Information Asymmetry: Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis

Extending Signaling Theory in Online Health Communities to Address Medical Information Asymmetry: Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis

Authors of this article:

Shanshan Guo1 Author Orcid Image ;   Kaichao Wang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Lizhen Yang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yuanyuan Dang2 Author Orcid Image
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