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

doi:10.1097/ANS.0000000000000436

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.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Advances in Nursing Science
Vol/bind	46
Udgave nummer	3
Sider (fra-til)	293-305
Antal sider	13
ISSN	0161-9268
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0000000000000436
Status	Udgivet - 2 aug. 2023

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