Like many others, the first place I go to when I have a health question, is the internet.
It is fast, quick, easy, and I don’t have to waste any time or money. As Lewis (2009) speaks about our generation being “cyberchondriacs,” this explains how whenever we worry about anything to do with our health, the first place we go to is the internet.
This can bring on issues such as a lack of communication and misinformation between us and others when it comes to our health. Literally, being a life threatening issue. It is not one of those topics you can easily ignore. As Social Networking- The New You blog speaks about this issue too, she highlights our reliance on our iPhones for health information Apps, which is just another new technology towards health information evolving.
Does this mean we can now too be ‘experts’ with information we have so easily found?
Could it be true that, gone are the days of working towards a 7 year degree to be able to speak about health information correctly, now all we need is a few key words typed into a search engine?
Dr. Jenifer Ashton explains that in the end, it is not what you know, but how you apply the information that is where the true art of medicine lies.
References
CBS, 2009. Doctors Online Medical Info. YouTube video, posted November 2.Accessed April 1, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxNGuodw7Ho
Lewis, T. 2006. Seeking health information on the internet: lifestyle choice or bad attack of cyberchondria? Media, Culture & Society, volume 28, issue 4: 521-539.
Social Networking- The New You, 2011. Is Your Iphone Your New Doctor? http://lucythomas33-socialmediathenewyou.blogspot.com/2011/04/is-your-iphone-your-new-doctor.html.
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