HEALTH AND MEDICAL INFORMATION RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET

Afroditi Fragkou and George Gianakopoulos
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Afroditi Fragkou: Library Information and Information Systems Department, Higher Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Ag. Spiridonos Str., 12210, Athens, Greece
George Gianakopoulos: Library Information and Information Systems Department, Higher Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Ag. Spiridonos Str., 12210, Athens, Greece

Chapter 69 in Marketing and Management Sciences, 2010, pp 407-411 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractMultiple resources concerning health and medical information are disposable through the Internet. Because of the severity that usage of information retrieved from that kind of web sites can cause to public health, it is crucial to develop skills that help making the right choice of resources that will be used. This paper, proposes certain criteria that would be preferable to be used in evaluating and assessing medical and health oriented sites, as well as presenting The Health on the Net Foundation that "has elaborated the Code of Conduct to help standardize the reliability of medical and health information available on the World-Wide Web".

Keywords: Management, Organizational Behavior, Marketing; Negotiation, Dynamic Models, International Business, Strategic Business, Human Resource, (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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