In today's (14th Oct 98) Financial Times, p 21, there is an article entit=
led
'Patient, heal thyself online'. Talks about the planned creation of the =
'UK
healthfinder', the problem of dubious health information on the Net, and =
the
impact on the doctor/patient relationship as a consequece of patients
becoming more informed. Includes comment from Bob Gann, Angela Coulter a=
nd
Jeremy Wyatt.
There is a similar piece in the Interface section of today's Times (p.11)
For those interested in this topic, issue 5 of Health Information on the
Internet (October 1998), includes an article by Jeremy Sims entitled
'Quality of consumer health information on the 'Net: recognising the dang=
ers
and seeking solutions'. See http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/healthinfo for mor=
e
details.
Robert Kiley - Information Service Manager,
Wellcome Trust, 183, Euston Rd, London NW1 2BE
Tel: 0171 611 8338; Fax: 0171 6118726; e-mail:[log in to unmask]
Editor, Health Information in the Internet
<http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/healthinfo>
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