What is it about?

The paper shows the rapid increase of the use of the Internet as a source of health information. It also illustrates the digital divide between North European and South European countries.

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Why is it important?

The Internet is becoming the main source of health information, we need to understand this change.

Perspectives

As the Internet becomes our main source for health information, issues such as quality assessment of health information sites become increasingly important.

Professor Rolf Wynn
UiT Norges arktiske universitet

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This page is a summary of: Health Information Accessed on the Internet: The Development in 5 European Countries, International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation,
DOI: 10.1155/2012/297416.
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