Problems and Risks of Unsolicited E-mails in Patient-Physician Encounters in Travel Medicine Settings | Zendy

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Problems and Risks of Unsolicited E-mails in Patient-Physician Encounters in Travel Medicine Settings

Author(s) -

Andreas Sing,

Jim R. Salzman,

Dorit Sing

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.2310/7060.2001.24423

Subject(s) - travel medicine , medicine , malaria prophylaxis , family medicine , malaria prevention , malaria , the internet , air travel , medical advice , nursing , health services , environmental health , psychiatry , immunology , population , aviation , aerospace engineering , world wide web , computer science , engineering

International travel and use of modern information technology are expressions of modern life style. Seeking on-line travel health advice via E-mail for preventive (teleprevention) or diagnostic reasons may become increasingly popular among patients with financial resources and Internet access. This study was undertaken to compare the behavior of travel clinic or tropical medicine physicians and other providers of travel-related medical information services toward unsolicited E-mails from fictitious patients in pretravel and post-travel scenarios. We also wanted to test the potential of E-mail advice for preventive medicine (teleprevention), and to find out how the "Good Samaritan Law" is observed.

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