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Trust and Sources of Health Information

Archives of Internal Medicine · 2005 · Vol. 165(22) · pp. 2618–2618

Bradford W. Hesse✉(National Cancer Institute)David E. NelsonGary L. Kreps(George Mason University)Robert T. Croyle(National Institutes of Health)Neeraj K. Arora(National Institutes of Health)Barbara K. Rimer(Department of Health)Kasisomayajula Viswanath(Harvard University Press)

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Abstract

The Health Information National Trends Survey data portray a tectonic shift in the ways in which patients consume health and medical information, with more patients looking for information online before talking with their physicians.

Health Literacy and Information Accessibility Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare Social Media in Health EducationHealth Information National Trends SurveyContext (archaeology)The InternetHealth informationMedicinePopulationTelemedicineConfidence intervalFamily medicineHealth care

MeSH terms

AdolescentAdultAge FactorsAgedAttitude to ComputersAttitude to HealthEducational StatusFemaleHealth EducationHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsPhysician-Patient RelationsSurveys and Questionnaires

Citations

1,540

FWCI

69.22

field-weighted impact

References

Percentile

100%

vs. same field & year

Citations per year

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