Health Information on the Internet: A Study of Providers, Quality, and Users - Hardcover

Rowena Cullen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0865693218 ISBN 13: 9780865693210

Publisher: Praeger (UK), 2005

Synopsis

The accessibility of health information on the Internet has revolutionized access to clinical information for health practitioners and patients. This access to information has the potential to make a major contribution to health care. However, the effective use of this accessibility depends on an understanding of all the issues involved, from the underlying technologies and economic pressures, to questions of how best to manage quality and privacy, how people seek and use information, and what the barriers to its use are. Cullen's book also examines the extent of health information on the Internet, the providers of websites and their content, and outlines the nature of the paradigm shift affecting knowledge in the health sector.

About this title

About the Author

Rowena Cullen is Associate Professor in the School of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington.

Edition details

• Publisher: Praeger (UK)
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865693218
• ISBN 13: 9780865693210
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272