by Helen Salisbury, BMJ February 2019
Admittedly, there are risks for patients who use the
internet for health information: searches about the most innocuous of symptoms
can lead down a terrifying rabbit hole to a terminal diagnosis within minutes However,
there are many reliable and balanced sources of information, and people increasingly
seem to be able to find them.
Dr. Salisbury feels that “as doctors it’s imperative that
we find a way to ask our patients, ‘What have you found out so far?’” This way we can learn from them and when
necessary dispel false, frightening information.
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