Patients Looking for Information on the Internet and Seeking Teleadvice

Open Access

1 February 1999

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology

Vol. 135 (2) , 151-156
https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.135.2.151

Abstract

THE INTERNET contains a plethora of medical information potentially valuable for consumers and patients, and the impact of the Internet on health promotion and its potential role for preventive medicine (prevention through information¹) has been widely acknowledged.

Keywords

INTERNET
MOTIVATION
SKIN DISORDERS
ILLNESS LENGTH
FRUSTRATION
TELEMEDICINE
CHRONIC DISEASE

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