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. 2012 Oct 23;14(5):e143. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2002

Table 4.

Responses from health care providers upon knowing about the blog.

Themes identified Quotes
Theme 2.1: Positive response “Some read it, some don’t because of regulations. [They] found it very helpful for people in the same situation.”
“Very well received.”
“Positively, as I have great health care providers.”
Theme 2.2: Negative response “Absolutely no interest.”
“They don’t really like it. One clinic even forbid us to go there because of something I published in my blog.”
Theme 2.3: Neutral or indeterminate response “I don’t know that he has ever visited, but I believe he thinks it is a good thing.”
“Seemed to be a ‘passing’ interest in it.”