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Article on effects of smartphone on health

In this step, we talk about how smartphones are used in healthcare and clinical settings.

Hospital nurse wearing blue scrubs and cap shown carrying some medical equipment on a specialist table down a hospital corridor. Patients can be seen ahead, conversing with doctors at the end of the corridor, which is bright green.

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Summary of paper about effects of googling for health in Ireland and the way it exacerbates class differences. Discussions of googling for health from Japan and NoLo – neither are currently in the Global book Pauline on avoiding doctors generally

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An Anthropology of Smartphones: Communication, Ageing and Health

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