This also indicates patients are taking a more active role in their own health care along the line..BD

When we did our first health study in the year 2000," Fox notes, "the American Medical Association sent out a press release asking patients to make a New Year's resolution not to go online." But patients wanted more information.

They kept going online, often without telling their physicians. So doctors adapted.

The new study shows that the patients most likely to use Internet research to challenge a doctor are those with disabilities and chronic conditions.

NPR : Patients Turn to the Internet for Health Information

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