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Article: Consumer health information on the Web: trends, issues, and strategies.(Clinical Practice)
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- MedSurg Nursing
- Article date:
- April 1, 2004
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As a primary point of contact for patients and their families, medical-surgical nurses are leading the current trends in patient participation and customer choice in medical care. An important component of this movement is access to information and decision-making tools that empower patients to become informed about their medical choices. Nurses play crucial roles in shared decision-making processes through facilitating, informing, and guiding patients and their families, and by sharing ownership of the decision that results. The health information and decision tools available via the World Wide Web are among the most important components of this evolution in health care. ...