title: The dangers of using Google as a diagnostic aid.
abstract: A bit better than tossing a coin. That's the odds of Google searches revealing the correct diagnosis. A study by Tang and Ng (2006), to determine how often searching with Google leads to the correct diagnosis, found that in 15 cases (out of 26) it was correct.
authors: Peter
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authors: Black
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom