title: [Patients, doctors and the internet].
abstract: The majority of the Swiss population uses the internet to seek information about health. The objective is to be better informed, before or after the consultation. Doctors can advise their information-seeking patients about high quality websites, be it medical portals or websites dedicated to a specific pathology. Doctors should not see the internet as a threat but rather as an opportunity to strengthen the doctor-patient relationship.
authors.forename: Jean Gabriel
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Jeannot
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bischoff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012017:Referral and Consultation