title: [The Internet and medicine. II. Present status and perspectives in the use of the Internet in Medicine].
abstract: The authors present an account of all contemporary possibilities to use Internet in medicine. They summarize the advantages and disadvantages of electronic mail (E-mail) and give a list of services available via the World Wide WEb: the possibility to inspect more than seventy medical journals, consult books and specialized databases and acquire further medical training. They demonstrate actual possibilities how to use Internet in everyday medical practice. The authors present also data indicating the general scope of Internet and its application in medical sciences. In the conclusion the authors reflect on the future application of Internet and point out some risks which may interfere with or threaten in the near and remote future the use of Internet.
authors.affiliation: Ustav lékarské informatiky, 2. lékarská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, Praha.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Porsová-Dutoit
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Geisslerová
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kasal
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D008490:Medical Informatics
vernacular_title: Internet a medicína. II. Soucasnost a perspektivy vyuzití internetu v medicínĕ.