Internet healthcare: Do self-diagnosis sites do more harm than good?

Expert Opinion on Drug Safety

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-229

  Ryan, Angela ^a   Wilson, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Internet; Self care

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ANXIETY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INTERNET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF CARE; SELF EVALUATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG INFORMATION; HUMAN; SELF EXAMINATION;

DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; SELF CARE; SELF-EXAMINATION;

EID: 44949089689     PISSN: 14740338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14740338.7.3.227     Document Type: Editorial

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