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The Doctor, The Patient and the World-Wide Web: How the Internet is Changing Healthcare

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: To understand individual use of the internet and its impact on individuals, communities and societies is a challenge that is only beginning to be addressed. There are more than 580 million internet users world wide1, and over 16 million active users of the world-wide web in the UK2. This is more than the estimated number of UK smokers yet little has been done to assess the potential health impact of the internet. New developments will lead to further growth in internet usage, and this medium is increasingly being employed for health information and healthcare delivery. Clinicians need to understand the possibilities of this technology, and to be aware of potential threats to health.

Source: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

DOI: 10.1177/014107680309600206

Authors: J A Powell, M Darvell, J A M Gray

Institutions: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Department of Health and Social Care, University of Oxford

Language: English

Topic: Health Literacy and Information Accessibility

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2133682740

FWCI: 7.596

Cites: 19

Cited by: 247

Related to: 10