Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right: Harm Aggravated by Inaccurate Information on the Internet-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right: Harm Aggravated by Inaccurate Information on the Internet

Published:2002-03-01 Issue:3 Volume:109 Page:522-523
ISSN:0031-4005
Container-title:Pediatrics
language:en
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Author:

Crocco Anthony George¹,Villasis-Keever Miguel²,Jadad Alejandro R.³

Affiliation:

1. Postgraduate Medical Education  McGill University  Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1Y6

2. Health Information Research Unit (HIRU), Faculty of Health Sciences  McMaster University  Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5  Clinical Epidemiology Unit at Pediatric Hospital  Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS)  Mexico City, Mexico CP 6698

3. Centre for Global eHealth Innovation  Rose Family Chair in Supportive Care  Departments of Anesthesiology and Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation  University Health Network and University of Toronto  Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4

Abstract

There has been much concern expressed in the literature about the use of medical information on the Internet by patients and families. Although much work has been done to quantify the misinformation available on the Internet, there have not been reports of actual harm to children resulting from this misinformation. We present the case of a 1-year-old boy whose clinical course of diarrhea was complicated not only by inaccurate advice given by the emergency room physician, but also by the same advice received from the Internet.

Publisher

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Subject

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Link

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-pdf/109/3/522/1114251/pe0302000522.pdf

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