著者

佐藤 (佐久間) りか 和田 恵美子

出版者

北海道大学科学技術コミュニケーター養成ユニット

雑誌

科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.3, pp.89-100, 2008

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The DIPEx webpage created by researchers at Oxford University contains over 1,500 narratives of users of health services in the UK, which are presented in the form of text, audio and video files. Although the webpage gives only fragments of the original narratives given during the interview, it has become a quite powerful and highly-evaluated information tool for patients’ decision-making. Authors argue that segmented patient narratives can be useful in assisting patients to cope with the uncertainty in medicine and health care. Authors also report on the development of the Japanese version of DIPEx modules on breast cancer and prostate cancer.