Scandinavian online cancer information as expressions of governmentality: a comparative qualitative study

Elin Aasen; Berit Misund Dahl; Aase Marie Ottesen; Jeanne Strunck; Henrik Erikson; Elisabeth Dahlborg; Åse Boman; Lisbeth Alnes Vestgarden; Ellinor Tengelin

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Scandinavian online cancer information as expressions of governmentality: a comparative qualitative study

Elin Aasen^*, Berit Misund Dahl, Aase Marie Ottesen, Jeanne Strunck, Henrik Erikson, Elisabeth Dahlborg, Åse Boman, Lisbeth Alnes Vestgarden, Ellinor Tengelin

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Advances in Nursing Science
Volume	46
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	293-305
Number of pages	13
ISSN	0161-9268
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0000000000000436
Publication status	Published - 2 Aug 2023

Keywords

Scandinavia
biopolitics
cancer
discourse
governmentality
involvement
nursing
online information
patient
person-centeredness

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