One of my colleagues was written to by his GP telling him not to use the NHS
Direct website or telephone service, as the risk of misdiagnosis was too
great.
I wonder if the BMA has any data on how GPs feel about their patients using
the new media to educate themselves about their illness, the science behind
it, and the course of action open to them...
David
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David Steven
River Path Associates
http://www.riverpath.com
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Sent: 13 March 2000 13:18
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Subject: BMA Patient Information Award - new category for web sites
A new category for web sites aimed at providing patients and the general
public
with information on health care is being added to the BMA's Patient
Information
Award this year. The aims of the award are:
to recognise good quality patient information sources on the world wide
web
to encourage the development of such sites
to promote the use of web sources by the general public and by doctors
with
their patients
to draw attention to the need to apply critical appraisal skills to web
based
resources
The award is open to any developer of a web site. This may be an
organisational
site, a subject based site or it may be a personal home page or an
image-based
or multimedia resource. Electronic journals and magazines, newsgroups and
discussion lists, databases, current awareness services and FAQs will not be
considered.
To enter, please fill in our online entry form at:
http://library.bma.org.uk/html/webcomp.html
Further information can be found on our web site:
http://library.bma.org.uk/html/patinfox.html
or by contacting me:
Mary Last
BMA Library
BMA House
Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9JP
Tel: 020 7383 6698
Fax: 020 7388 2544
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