Two wrongs don't make a right: Harm aggravated by inaccurate information on the Internet

Pediatrics

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 522-523

  Crocco, Anthony George ^a   Villasis Keever, Miguel ^b   Jadad, Alejandro R ^c,d,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case report; Child; Harm; Internet; Medical errors

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD CARE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0036182898     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.109.3.522     Document Type: Article

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1. Barriers to use of oral rehydration therapy
2. The Internet as a source for current patient information
3. Reliability of health information for the public on the World Wide Web: Systematic survey of advice on managing fever in children at home
4. Parents on the Web: Risks for quality management of cough in children