title: Searching the Internet for medical information: practical tips.
abstract: The Internet can be useful for physicians, but beginning users are apt to encounter two problems: too much irrelevant information, and difficulty finding the desired information. This paper offers some practical tips that can prevent frustration and wasted time when searching for medical information on the Internet.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, USA. mehtan@ccf.org
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mehta
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D016239:MEDLINE; D009626:Terminology as Topic