Finding reliable health-care information on the internet.
The number of Web sites offering health and health-care information has grown dramatically over the past several years. However, it can be difficult to tell whether or not the information that you find is reliable and accurate. In this brief we describe the nature of this issue and offer some practical tips for judging reliability when searching for information on the Internet.
Hardt
Jeff
J
Center for Medicare Education, Washington, DC, USA.
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