Medicine and the Internet: dreams, nightmares and reality.
The Internet promises enormous benefits for medical education, medical research and clinical practice. However, potential problems include patients who are over- or misinformed or who become victims of the psychopathology of life on-line. Perhaps one of the most insiduous but profound effects of the Internet will be on the culture of medicine.
Pallen
M J
MJ
Department of Medical Microbiology, St Bartholomew's, London. m.pallen@ic.ac.uk
D015510:Clinical Medicine; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing; D012106:Research