Patient-targeted googling: The ethics of searching online for patient information

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-112

  Clinton, Brian K ^a   Silverman, Benjamin C ^a   Brendel, David H ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Ethics; Google; Internet; Pragmatism; Psychiatry; Social networking

Indexed keywords

AUTOMUTILATION; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MODEL; MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT TARGETED GOOGLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEARCH ENGINE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ETHICS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 77949613428     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10673221003683861     Document Type: Review

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