Journal of Virtual Worlds Research] New Issue Published (Vol. 2 No. 2) - 3D Virtual Worlds for Health and Healthcare

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research has just published its latest issue at http://jvwresearch.org. We invite you to explore the latest in research on 3D Virtual Worlds for Health and Healthcare.

Yours,
Jeremiah Spence
Editor, Journal of Virtual Worlds Research
jeremiah.spence@jvwresearch.org

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Journal of Virtual Worlds Research
Vol. 2, No. 2 - 3D Virtual Worlds for Health and Healthcare

Editor's Corner

Musings on the State of '3-D Virtual Worlds for Health and Healthcare' in 2009
Maria Toro-Troconis, Maged N. Kamel Boulos


Invited Articles

Virtual Worlds in Health Care Higher Education
Constance M Johnson, Allison A Vorderstrasse, Ryan Shaw


Peer Reviewed Research Papers

The Growth and Direction of Healthcare Support Groups in Virtual Worlds
John Robert Norris

Development of a Virtual Reality Coping Skills Game to Prevent Post-Hospitalization Smoking Relapse in Tobacco Dependent Cancer Patients
Paul Krebs, Jack Burkhalter, Shireen Lewis, Tinesha Hendrickson, Ophelia Chiu, Paul Fearn, Wendy Perchick, Jamie Ostroff

Does this Avatar Make Me Look Fat? Obesity and Interviewing in Second Life
Elizabeth Dean, Sarah Cook, Michael Keating, Joe Murphy


Research Papers

Development and Evaluation of Health and Wellness Exhibits at the Jefferson Occupational Therapy Education Center in Second Life
Susan Toth-Cohen, Therese Gallagher


Research-in-Brief Papers

Development of Virtual Patient Simulations for Medical Education
Douglas R Danforth, Mike Procter, Richard Chen, Mary Johnson, Robert Heller


"Think Pieces"

Virtual Worlds, Collective Responses and Responsibilities in Health
Rashid M Kashani, Anne Roberts, Ray Jones, Maged N. Kamel Boulos

Pitfalls in 3-D Virtual Worlds Health Project Evaluations: The Trap of Drug-trial-style Media Comparative Studies
Maged N. Kamel Boulos, Inocencio Maramba

Towards a virtual doctor-patient relationship: Understanding virtual patients.
Vanessa Gamboa González


Editor-in-Chief's Corner

Cultural Identity in Virtual Reality (VR): A Case Study of a Muslim Woman with hijab in Second Life(SL)
Methal Mohammed

Shaping the ‘Public Sphere’ in Second Life: Architectures of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
Annabel Jane Wharton