title: The Internet--a new medical problem or invaluable ally?
abstract: The public's increasing use of the Internet as a personal medical consultant poses new problems and special opportunities for the practicing physician. This article outlines how the Internet is already changing medical practice and how physicians can begin to use this resource to an advantage in their daily medical practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Division of Neonatology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-8111, USA. alan.spitzer@stonybrook.edu
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Spitzer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000592:standards*; D020407:Internet / Q000592:standards; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011364:Professional Practice