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A 3 page research paper that instructs patients on how to use the Internet to obtain reliable health information and how to evaluate such sources. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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answers to the health care questions (Locating). While there is no doubt that there the Internet abounds in health care data on every imaginable ailment, disorder or disease, the quality
of this information is often questionable. Information from reputable sources can largely be trusted, but the savvy computer user learns to evaluate which sites can be trust and which cannot.
Evaluating Internet web sites can be summarized with four concepts: authorship, purpose, currency and scientific validity (Locating). The first thing to think about is who wrote the site, who
authored it. Not everyone has the training or expertise to offer sound healthcare advice or information. The author or the authoring institution should be plainly indicated along with relevant credentials
and qualifications. The next question for the consumer is to ask what the authors purpose might be (Locating). Sites that are a public service, that is, just offering information, have
no ulterior motives, but sites that are designed to sell a product, a service or make a political point may slant information in a self serving direction. The third consideration
is currency or how old is the information being offered. Some web sites have been on the Internet for years without being updated, while others are current. You should
look for the date that the page was last updated to ensure that the latest health information on that subject is offered. The last category refers to the scientific validity
of the information. This may be difficult for the lay computer user, but it is helpful to consider whether or not a site includes citations from "peer reviewed journals and
other reputable sources" (Locating). Using the Internet -- a scenario Patricia is concerned about the severe headaches that her child, a 10-year-daughter, is experiencing. She consults the Internet, selects
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