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Evaluating Health Resources

AARP - Evaluating Health Information on the Internet: How Good Are Your Sources?

Cochrane Collaboration Consumer Network aims to help people make informed decisions about health care

CancerTrials - 10 Things to Know About Evaluating Medical Resources on the Web

Consumers Skeptical of Health Information on Internet The MEDSTAT Group

The Internet as a Source for Current Patient Information by H. Juhling McClung, Robert D. Murray, and Leo A. Heitlinger Pediatrics Vol. 101 No. 6 June 1998, p. e2

Internet Healthcare Coalition Tips For Health Consumers; Finding Quality Health Information on the Internet

Online advice: good medicine or cyber-quackery? How physicians can work with patients who are going to the Net for medical information. American College of Physicians. From the December 1996 ACP Observer.

Published criteria for evaluating health related web sites - BMJ 1999;318:647-649 (6 March) Objective: To review published criteria for specifically evaluating health related information on the world wide web, and to identify areas of consensus

Guidelines for Medical and Health Information Sites on the Internet Principles Governing AMA Web Sites American Medical Association

How to Spot a "Quacky" Web Site, by Stephen Barrett, M.D. provided by Quackwatch Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions

Tips on Evaluating Web Resources Greater Midwest Region National Network of Libraries of Medicine

Criteria for Website Evaluation; University of Michigan Shapiro Undergraduate Library

HONcode Principles; Code of Conduct for medical and health web sites. Health On the Net Foundation

Criteria for Assessing the Quality of Health Information on the Internet - Policy Paper Health Summit Working Group

 

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