title: Health care web sites: are they reliable?
abstract: Locating reliable health care information on the World Wide Web is difficult and confusing. Thus, Internet users must choose the appropriate resources to guide their health care decisions. This paper will describe the "typical" Internet user. Then, it will compare the three most "comprehensive" web site guidelines. Finally, it will summarize what criteria are necessary to create and maintain reliable health care web sites.
authors.affiliation: Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA. eclark@uic.edu
authors.forename: Edward J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000592:standards*; D020407:Internet / Q000592:standards*; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000592:standards*; D010358:Patient Participation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011786:Quality Control; D014481:United States