Scandinavian Online Cancer Information as Expressions of Governmentality: A Comparative Qualitative Study.

Authors :: Aasen EM
Dahl BM
Ottesen AM
Strunck J
Erikson H
Dahlborg E
Boman Å
Vestgarden LA
Tengelin E
Source :: ANS. Advances in nursing science [ANS Adv Nurs Sci] 2023 Jul-Sep 01; Vol. 46 (3), pp. 293-305. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 12.
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: We compared online distributed information provided to patients with cancer in Scandinavian countries through the lens of governmentality. A secondary comparative qualitative analysis was conducted. Discourses in online patient information showed differences in governmentality techniques across the countries: Norway used a paternalist approach, Denmark an educative approach, and Sweden an individualistic approach and expected the patients to make the "right" decisions. Online information for patients with cancer in Denmark and Norway showed high professional and health care system involvement, whereas in Sweden, there was high patient involvement. There was almost no use of the person-centered approach among the online discourses.<br /> (Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.)

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