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Evaluation of cancer information on the Internet
Author(s) -
Biermann J. Sybil,
Golladay Gregory J.,
Greenfield Mary Lou V. H.,
Baker Laurence H.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990801)86:3<381::aid-cncr4>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - medicine , the internet , medical information , quality (philosophy) , information quality , process (computing) , world wide web , cancer , internet privacy , medical education , information system , family medicine , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , electrical engineering , engineering , operating system
In a review of medical information regarding a single cancer topic, the authors found abundant nonpeer‐reviewed material and a 6% rate of factual inaccuracies. Therefore the authors recommend that physicians maintain an open mind regarding searches done by patients and questions raised by those searches, and suggest that physicians take an active role in identifying or creating patient information Web sites and in educating the lay public regarding variations in the quality of information and the contribution of the peer review process. See also pages 373–4.