How do you guide patients who seek online information about their disease to ensure it is accurate, supports their understanding, and minimizes unnecessary anxiety?
Are there specific resources you recommend based on the disease?
Answer from: at Community Practice
I refer them to reputable sources and away from random online sites. I encourage them to learn more, but caution them on the fact that some sites are extremely biased and may well give them false, skewed, and/or biased information. As I am never quite sure of the disease-specific sites, I use these ...