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Wikipedia isn’t really the patient’s friend

“I researched my condition on Wikipedia.” That’s what more doctors, myself included, are hearing from patients every day.
Wikipedia is the Web’s most popular online encyclopedia. Its more than 13 million articles cover almost every topic imaginable. It is among the most visited sites primarily because its articles routinely show up near the top of search engine results, like those from Google.”

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Kevin Pho, USA Today, 15 July 2009/KevinMD, 8 August 2009

15 July 2009 | Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Health Information, Search, Web, Wikipedia
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