Internet Health Information Seeking and the Patient-Physician Relationship: A Systematic Review
National University of Singapore · National University Health System · +1 more institution
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Abstract
Background
With online health information becoming increasingly popular among patients, concerns have been raised about the impact of patients' Internet health information-seeking behavior on their relationship with physicians. Therefore, it is pertinent to understand the influence of online health information on the patient-physician relationship.
Objective
Our objective was to systematically review existing research on patients' Internet health information seeking and its influence on the patient-physician relationship.
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Keywords
- The Internet
- Health informatics
- Health information
- MEDLINE
- Medicine
- Information seeking
- Family medicine
- Medical information
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