Challenges Faced by Health Care Practitioners in Dealing with Internet Informed Patients.
Objective: The advancement of internet and technologies have opened up revenues for a number of businesses including healthcare. Websites like WebMD, Google health etc. offer symptoms and differential diagnosis to patients. In this era of modern technology, people believe everything they read on the...
| Publicado en: | International Medical Journal Vol. 29; no. 6; pp. 318 - 321 |
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| Formato: | editorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation
Dec2022
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