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Drug and Poison Information Resources on the Internet, Part 2: Identification and Evaluation
Author(s) -
Marra Carlo A.,
Carleton Bruce C.,
Lynd Larry D.,
Marra Fawziah,
McDougal Al R.,
Chow Douglas,
McKerrow Ron
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
pharmacotherapy: the journal of human pharmacology and drug therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.227
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1875-9114
pISSN - 0277-0008
DOI - 10.1002/j.1875-9114.1996.tb02998.x
Subject(s) - the internet , popularity , identification (biology) , internet privacy , health care , quality (philosophy) , information source (mathematics) , drug , information quality , medicine , medical emergency , information system , computer science , world wide web , psychology , pharmacology , political science , social psychology , philosophy , statistics , botany , mathematics , epistemology , law , biology
The Internet is a potential source of information for practitioners and researchers of pharmaceutical sciences. Despite its explosive growth and popularity, pharmacists and other health care providers have been slow to use the Internet as a source of clinical information. We have identified and evaluated several sites available on the Internet that are devoted to providing information related to professional practice, pharmacotherapy, and toxicology. We have concerns, however, regarding the quality of the available information and advise users to be cautious in using the data they obtain.