title: The impact of web 2.0 on the doctor-patient relationship.
abstract: Web 2.0 innovations may enhance informed patient decision-making, but also raise ethical concerns about inaccurate or misleading information, damage to the doctor-patient relationship, privacy and confidentiality, and health disparities. To increase the benefits and decrease the risks of these innovations, we recommend steps to help patients assess the quality of health information on the Internet; promote constructive doctor-patient communication about new information technologies; and set standards for privacy and data security in patient-controlled health records and for point-of-service advertising.
authors.affiliation: University of California of San Fransico, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Lindsay
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Parham
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012648:Self Care; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States