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Methods Inf Med 2003; 42(04): 307-312
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634223
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634223
Original article
Notions of Reliability
Considering the Importance of Difference in Guiding Patients to Health Care Web SitesWeitere Informationen
Publikationsverlauf
Publikationsdatum:
08. Februar 2018 (online)
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Summary
Objectives: This article analyzes the efforts of three organizations to provide a standard that guides Internet users to reliable health care sites.
Methods: Comparison of health Internet sites, interviews and document studies.
Results: In comparing these approaches, three different constructions of reliability are identified.
Conclusions: The resulting possibilities and restrictions of these constructions for users that are searching for health information on the Internet are revealed.
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