1. GETTING ANSWERS IS ALL ABOUT ACCESS.
- Author
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Hennessy, Mike
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MEDICAL care , *INFORMATION resources , *ELECTRONIC information resource searching , *MEDICAL personnel ,COMPUTERS in medical care - Abstract
The article comments on a survey by Pew Research Center about Americans' sources of information about health care issues. Topics discussed include the use of the Internet by people with rare and chronic diseases to search for information about their conditions, the role of the health professional as the central source of information, and the growing popularity of peer-to-peer online groups where Americans usually ask health care questions.
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- 2011