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1A professor of medical education and the chair of the curriculum development and research unit in the College of Medicine at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and a consultant gastroenterologist, an editor at BMC Medical Education, and a member of the editorial board of the World Journal of Gastroenterology.
Abstract:
Social media channels such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn have been used as tools in health care research, opening new horizons for research on health-related topics (e.g., the use of mobile social networking in weight loss programs). While there have been efforts to develop ethical guidelines for internet-related research, researchers still face unresolved ethical challenges. This article investigates some of the risks inherent in social media research and discusses how researchers should handle challenges related to confidentiality, privacy, and consent when social media tools are used in health-related research.
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