Sunday, March 14, 2010
Facebook Friends with a Dying Patient (Via NYTimes)
If you want a better story about the potential for social media to be another tool for connecting people to each other, you won't have to look much further than Daniela Lamas' essay in the New York Times this past week.
The essay is short, but packs several difficult questions that Daniela elucidates very well in the essay. Read it and bring it to your team to see if they have had a similar experience. You may be surprised.
(Photo by Flickr user: brykmantra)
(By the way, I have started a new NYT label. If anyone wants to help find all the NYT posts and help us label them, that would be great!)
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2 Responses to “Facebook Friends with a Dying Patient (Via NYTimes)”
March 15, 2010
Christian,
Thanks for posting on this article ... I think this (doctors "friending" patients on facebook) raises a few questions about the potential strengths and weaknesses of "friending" on facebook.
A few thoughts I'd suggest considering:
1- What are the expectations of the friending?
2- What boundaries are you setting?
3- If you friend them, how will you practice non-abandonment? What sort of "friend" will you be? What is your responsibility in this form of relationship?
April 15, 2010
Suzana... those are some great questions. We've been discussing this article on Buzz so I will copy over your questions.
http://www.google.com/buzz/110859855629071891085/FwLUrwgqfU9/Facebook-Friend-Request-A-young-doctor-gets-a
I don't have answers yet but these are important questions.
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