title: Obtaining medical information from the Internet.
abstract: The Internet is rapidly expanding as an environment for electronic communication and resource sharing. The World Wide Web, a relatively new service on the Internet, provides access to a wealth of information resources through a simple point-and-click interface. Available resources of interest to physicians include bibliographical and statistical databases, literature reviews, discussion groups, press releases, newsletters, drug information, self-assessment questionnaires, multimedia textbooks, patient simulations, clinical decision aids, educational software, and much more. Access to the Internet is widely available in universities and medical libraries; physicians working at home can gain access from a personal computer linked by a modem to a telephone line, by subscribing to an Internet service provider.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine, Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen.
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Klemenz
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authors.lastname: McSherry
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D009862:Online Systems; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D006113:United Kingdom