title: [Information seeking on the internet: what information are pregnant women seeking?].
abstract: In the literature, uses of the internet by patients are interpreted either as a resource supporting their autonomy, or as a source of perturbation in the doctor-patient relationship. Analysing 50 interviews with pregnant women, this article aims at describing the different uses made during pregnancy. Some women mostly aim at sharing their experience in their use of internet. Others are looking for specialised information, by curiosity, to complement the information received in medical visits or, more rarely, as a result of a lack of information in their exchanges with professionals. Uses of internet by patients will develop in the future and it is important that professionals take into account these different forms of internet use in their practices.
authors.affiliation: Département de sociologie, Université de Genève, 1211 Genève 4. claudine.jeangros@unige.ch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burton-Jeangros
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hammer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D020407:Internet; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People