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By Robert Kiley
and
Elizabeth Graham
With a Foreword by
Phil Hammond

IGH QUALITY HEALTH INFORMATION is the About the authors
best medicine available.The Internet unlocks the
door to a wealth of resources,far greater than any Robert Kiley is a frequent commentator on health/Internet
library can hope to provide. Key health resources such as issues and has appeared on BBC and SkyTelevision,and BBC Radio
medical databases,clinical guidelines and drug compend- 4. Head of Systems Strategy at the Wellcome Library for the
iums can now be accessed by anyone connected to the History and Understanding of Medicine,he has written a number
Internet. of related books including Medical Information on the Internet
nd
(Churchill Livingstone, 2 Edition, 1999) and The Doctor's Internet
More and more of us are using the Internet to locate health
information. The Office of National Statistics recently revealed Handbook (RSM Press, 2000). He also edited the bi-monthly
that 35% of UK households can connect to the Internet and journal He@lth Information on the Internet from 1998 to 2000.
another study in the US concluded that over half of Internet Elizabeth Graham is Deputy Information Service Manager at
searches are health-related.
the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of
But patients, doctors and health care professionals all face the Medicine. She is an experienced Internet user and has run a
problem of finding high quality and relevant information. This number of training courses on how to search the Internet
book solves that problem, introducing the general reader to the effectively.
wealth of health information on the Internet and explaining,
through examples,how to find health information specific to their Contents
needs. It provides guidance on searching and evaluating health Section 1 - Introduction and getting started
Web sites and also contains an A-Z section, which lists keyWeb
addresses, patient support groups and email discussion lists for Consumer health information on the Internet;Connecting to the
over 100 common conditions.With this information the public Internet; TheWeb Browser and email.
can become more informed about their health and play a more
active role in the health care process. Section 2 - Searching for Information
Searching theWeb;Medical databases on the Internet;Discussion
The Patient's Internet Handbook gives practical advice on lists and newsgroups.
how to connect to,and use,the Internet Section 3 -Your health and the Internet
searching theWeb NHS services and the Internet; Drug information on the Internet;
using medical databases Complementary and alternative medicine on the Internet;
Pregnancy, childbirth and infant care information sources on the
discussion lists and newsgroups
Internet.
accessing NHS information
Section 4 - Keeping safe
assessing the quality of health information on the Internet
Quality of health information on the Internet;The empowered
making the most of your consultation
patient?; The future.
An essential purchase for patients and their families,The Patient’s Section 5 - 100 Medical conditions: sources of
Internet Handbook will be equally useful for doctors and other information on the Internet
health care professionals.
Many of the sites mentioned in the book can be accessed via £9.95 paperback,1-85315-498-9,294pp,October 2001
www.patient-handbook.co.uk , which will also contain updated Published by RSM Press
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