Hi everyone,
Just came across this excellent graphic talking about the public's use of the internet as a diagnostic tool from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. While the data is from the United States and not everyone in Manitoba has internet access it is still very interesting. I was interested to see that almost 60% of adults looked online for health information and 41% had their condition confirmed by a physician.
http://www.pewinternet.org/Infographics/2013/Health-and-Internet-2012.aspx
Sincerely,
Carol
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Carol A. Cooke
Acting MHIKNET Librarian
Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library
University of Manitoba
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