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As patients turn to medical crowdfunding, concerns emerge about privacy

  • Written by Jeremy Snyder, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
imageMany people are crowdfunding to be able to meet the high costs of health care. Images Money, CC BY

Facebook recently announced that it is getting more involved in the personal crowdfunding business. Individual users will have the option of placing a “donate” button on their posts to raise funds for six categories of causes that include...

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