[Air-l] Internet Health Information

[Ronald E. Rice]

In response to the earlier queries about accuracy of medical information on
the net, let me immodestly suggest Rice, R.E. & Katz, J.E. (Eds.) (2001).
The Internet and Health Communication: Experiences and Expectations.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.  The first, long review chapter covers this topic
as of late 2000.  Even then there were some very good studies (some reported
in JAMA) on this issue.  Some other chapters also discuss accuracy and
validity, as well as web design evaluations, of online health sites.

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Ronald E. Rice
Professor, Chair of Department of Communication
School of Communication, Information & Library Studies
Rutgers University
4 Huntington St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071
w: 732-932-7500, ext 8122; f: 732-932-6916; e: rrice at scils.rutgers.edu
home page: http://scils.rutgers.edu/~rrice
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