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The role of the health professional supporting consumers who use ‘Dr Google’
journal contribution
posted on 2021-09-06, 03:02 authored by Sancia West, Rachel Kornhaber, Denis C Visentin, Deependra K Thapa, Michelle L ClearyGoogle has become so synonymous with information search, retrieval and sharing that it entered our lexicon as the most-used verb to express searching information online. Consequently, few are surprised to learn that ‘googling’ applies as equally to health information seeking as it does to TV series spoilers or homemade slime recipes. Almost half the population uses what is now referred to as ‘Dr Google’ (Astrup, 2018), the use of the Google search engine to obtain information relating to health matters.
History
Volume
76Issue
9Start Page
2217End Page
2219Number of Pages
3eISSN
1365-2648ISSN
0309-2402Location
EnglandPublisher
Wiley-blackwellPublisher DOI
Language
engPeer Reviewed
- Yes
Open Access
- No
Acceptance Date
2020-05-12External Author Affiliations
University of Newcastle; University of TasmaniaEra Eligible
- No