Open AccessA comparison of the quality of the information available on the internet on interventional radiology, vascular surgery, and cardiology
Author(s) -
Ali Alsafi,
Gevher Nesibe Kaya,
Hiren Patel,
Hamady
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.109509
Subject(s) - medicine , lida , context (archaeology) , certification , the internet , quality (philosophy) , medical physics , interventional cardiology , world wide web , cognition , epistemology , psychiatry , cognitive model , political science , computer science , law , paleontology , biology , philosophy
Internet use is rapidly expanding and increasingly plays a substantial role in patient education. We sought to evaluate and compare the quality of information available to patients online on three closely linked specialties: Interventional radiology (IR), cardiology, and vascular surgery.