Hallo,
unsere amerikanischen Freunde haben in Medline ein Abstract (siehe unten) über den MCS Chat auf der ZDF Webseite, gefunden und sind total erschüttert.
Ich hatte seinerzeit nur am Rande darüber gehört und es soll schlimm gewesen sein, da die Betroffenen provoziert wurden. Nun hat man es in einen "wissenschaftlichen Artikel" verpackt und in Medline veröffentlicht.
Ganz nach dem Motto "Wer den Schaden hat braucht für den Spott nicht zu sorgen".
Hat jemand damals an diesen Chats teilgenommen oder weiß Näheres?
Es wäer gut einige Infos zu erhalten, um unsere amerikanischen Freunde und Aktivisten von CIIN richtig zu informieren.
Herzlichen Dank für Mithilfe auch im Namen von Prof. Dr. Lawrece Plumlee (siehe CSN - Wir über uns)
Eure Silvia
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2004 Dec;207(6):563-9.Related Articles, Links
Communication problems with environment-related health disorders as illustrated by a multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) chatroom.
Jaks H, Hornberg C, Dott W, Wiesmuller GA.
Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, Germany.
The problem of communication in treating multiple chemical sensitivity
(MCS) was
analysed and evaluated using the documentation of an MCS chatroom which was set up in April 2001 following the TV programme Gesundheitsmagazin Praxis (Health
Magazine:
Practice). Approaches were developed for solving communication problems in the chatroom.
A total of 490 cases were evaluated, most of which (355) were directly or indirectly affected, 76 came from self-help groups and 10 were from 4 guest experts invited by ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Second German TV channel). Of these 4 experts, 2 were environmental medicine specialists, 1 psychosomatics expert and 1 psychiatrist.
Fourty-nine of the cases included a petition for chatroom participants to join a class-action law. Aside from exchanging basic information on MCS, frequent topics of discussion on the air were the assessment of physicians, clinics, self-help groups and experts. The participants also expressed their views on problems with society, politics, the economy, science and social security. Another common topic was communication in the chatroom itself, which for the most part consisted of sarcasm and insults, which were cause for conflicts in the chatroom. These communication problems led to the conclusion that a chatroom is not the best medium for discussing MCS. If a chatroom is to be used profitably to this end, it is imperative to have a well-defined organisational framework which allows the exchange of current, scientifically accurate information while keeping discussions from escalating and degenerating into arguments.
PMID: 15729837 [PubMed - in process]