reviewJournal of Medical Internet ResearchJan 19, 2017GOLD OA

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.

Citation impact

1,114
total citations
FWCI
156.89
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100%
References
43
Citations per year

Authors

2

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • The Internet
  • Health informatics
  • Health information
  • MEDLINE
  • Medicine
  • Information seeking
  • Family medicine
  • Medical information
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