Posted by Laurie Beth on October 5, 2005, at 12:06:23
In reply to Re: reporter seeks interviews, posted by AmyHarmon on October 5, 2005, at 10:02:04
Well, this is getting off topic, so I'll e-mail you instead. But my point is that it's not just mental health patients who are doing internet research and exerting a degree of autonomy nowadays. It's probably more common for chronic health problems (it takes a while to find relevant information on the 'net) of younger people (who are comfortable with the 'net).
In fact, I just thought of a third area where patients are doing a lot of internet research and then finding doctors who will at least discuss treatment options with them: thyroid disease, see, e.g., M. Shomon (spelling?) on about.com.
poster:Laurie Beth
thread:536372
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20051003/msgs/563195.html