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Vital decisions : how Internet users decide what information to trust when they or their loved ones are sick, Plus a guide from the Medical Library Association about smart health-search strategies and good Web sites / FOX, Susannah ; RAINIE, Lee.
Washington, DC : Pew internet & American life Project, 2002, 43 p.

http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Vital_Decisions_May2002.pdf (31-05-2007)
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Mots-clés principaux :
Recherche documentaire
Santé
Internet
Fiabilité
États-Unis
Habitude de vie

Mots-clés secondaires : Guide ; Site Web ; Stratégie de recherche

Résumé :
In a national survey conducted March 1-31, 2002, the Pew Internet Project found that 62% of Internet users, or 73 million people in the United States, have gone online in search of health information. For shorthand purposes, we call them "health seekers" throughout this report. About 6 million Americans go online for medical advice on a typical day. That means more people go online for medical advice on any given day than actually visit health professionals, according to figures provided by the American Medical Association.

On trouve les recommandations de l'American Medical Library Association sur les sites web relatifs au Diabète, au cancer et aux maladies cardiaques.

Disease information, material about weight control, and facts about prescription drugs top the list of interests for health seekers. A typical health seeker searches for medical information only occasionally, and she relies on search engines and multiple sites.

Langue : Anglais

Doc n° : 22693
NumRec : 2269303

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