Health Information on the Internet - A Study of Providers, Quality, and Users

The accessibility of health information on the Internet has revolutionized access to clinical information for health practitioners and patients. This access to information has the potential to make a major contribution to health care. However, the effective use of this accessibility depends on an understanding of all the issues involved, from the underlying technologies and economic pressures, to questions of how best to manage quality and privacy, how people seek and use information, and what the barriers to its use are. Cullen's book also examines the extent of health information on the Internet, the providers of websites and their content, and outlines the nature of the paradigm shift affecting knowledge in the health sector.

List of contents

Illustrations
Preface
1 Health Information on the Internet
2 The Structures of Knowledge Related to Health Information on the Internet
3 Accessing Health Information on the Internet
4 Quality
5 Physicians and Other Health Professionals' Use of the Internet
6 Consumer Health Information on the Internet
7 Telemedicine and Online Medical Services
8 Future trends and challenges
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Rowena Cullen is Associate Professor in the School of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington.

Product details

• Authors: Rowena Cullen, Cullen Rowena
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2005
• EAN: 9780865693210
• ISBN: 978-0-86569-321-0
• Subjects: Guides > Health; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Internet Guides & Online Services, Internet guides and online services, COMPUTERS / Internet / Web Services & APIs, Health and Wellness: Nutrition and Healthy Living