Using Wikipedia for online health information, my USA Today column
Using Wikipedia for online health information, my USA Today column
Both doctors and patients are increasingly turning to Wikipedia to look up medical information. See what I think of the phenomenon in my latest op-ed in the USA Today, Wikipedia isn’t really the patient’s friend. Here’s an excerpt: The ability to …
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Don’t Trust Wikipedia When It Comes to Your Health, Study Says
“Health care professionals, trainees, and patients should use caution when using Wikipedia to answer questions regarding … The authors laid particular stress on medical professionals; a recent study found that 50 percent of physicians admitted using …
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Wikipedia and Medical Wikis
A wiki is a web page or collection of web pages designed to enable anyone with access to that to contribute to or modify its content via a web browser using a simplified markup language. Wikis are powered by wiki softwares. Wikis serve as platforms for …
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