Some hospitals have started hosting patient-authored blogs on their Web sites as clinicians begin to recognize the therapeutic value. Unlike a bedside journal, blogging offers the added benefit of receptive readers in similar situations, Morgan explains: “Individuals are connecting to one another and witnessing each other’s expressions—the basis for forming a community.”

Blogging–It’s Good for You

Last 5 posts by Ed Morrison

You might also like:

4 Responses to “Blogging–It’s Good for You”

  1. Jill Says:

    Thank you, Ed! This is great.

  2. Remains of the Day, 5/25/08 | Writes Like She Talks Says:

    [...] Blogging is good for you – I knew it. From Scientific American (hattip Brewed Fresh Daily): A study in the February issue of the Oncologist reports that cancer patients who engaged in [...]

  3. TimFerris Says:

    Interesting. We’ve always noticed and acknowledged the salutary effects of blogging, and in various ways. Some self-medicate; they’re largely about themselves; they become marginalized after a while. Others work more obviously to make everybody’s community experience richer, fuller, more engaged, and healthier. Somehow, the blogoshpere is, overall, self-healing, self-directing, healthful, and a positive force–sort of like the phenomena you read about in The Wisdom of Crowds.

  4. Carole Cohen Says:

    Blogging is good for so many things and I like this article, thanks for posting it. Glad to see BFD is back!