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David Lazer
(Methodology, Networked Governance)

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Stanley Wasserman
(Current Trends, Methodology, Social Networks)

Guy Stuart
(Economic Sociology, Finance)

David Gibson
(Social Networks, Interaction, Theory)

Jason Greenberg>
(Networks, Econmic Sociology, Entrepreneurship)

Allan Friedman
(Simulations)

Yu-Ru Lin
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Sklyer Place
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Sune Lehmann
(Complex Networks, Computational Social Science, Statistics)

Jukka-Pekka Onnela
(Methodology, Social Networks, Technology)

Nathan Eagle
(Technology, Social Computing, Powerlaws, Current Trends)

Ben Waber
(Technology, Social Computing)
Ines Mergel
(Knowledge Sharing, Social Computing, Social Software, Government 20)

Maria Binz-Scharf
(Qualitative Methodology, Knowledge Sharing, eGovernment)

Sebastian Schorf
(Social Interaction, Cultural Interaction)

Alexander Schellong
(Admin, eGovernment, Government 20, Citizen Relationship Management)

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19 February 2008

The bigger your network, the better your outcome ....

From today's (2/19/08) NYT Science section ..... Large social networks may help surgical patients .... it appears that having a large network of friends and family may help you do better in surgical procedures (surprised?).

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From a study published in the February 2008 issue of The Journal of the American College of Surgeons,
Social Connectedness and Patient Recovery after Major Operations, one of the authors, Daniel B. Hinshaw, a professor of surgery at the University of Michigan , states:

"The average physician, when he takes a social history, asks about smoking and drugs and not the real social situation of the patient. And yet it looks like this is a real marker for problems".

Posted by Stan Wasserman at February 19, 2008 1:35 PM