title: [Gynecological and obstetric discussion forums on the internet].
abstract: The number of patients, especially with higher education, participating in medical discussion forums, news-groups and chats has increased rapidly during the past years. Physicians should be cognizant of this activity, for it alters the patient's attitude towards the doctor. Medical professionals themselves participate to a much lower degree in medical internet activities.
authors.affiliation: Redaktion Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie, Münster. ullrike@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ullrich
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D006176:Gynecology; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009774:Obstetrics; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations