title: Net gain or net loss? Health care consumers become Internet savvy.
abstract: The Internet is overloaded with health care information, and consumers can't seem to get enough of it. As a result, patients are now more knowledgeable about their treatment options when they meet with doctors. That's the good news; the bad news is that the doctors themselves must sort through all the sometimes contradictory, sometimes inaccurate information.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Appleby
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards*; D007255:Information Services / Q000592:standards*; D020407:Internet / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011786:Quality Control; D014481:United States