Answer
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Give two examples of how the
internet is used in medicine and give one example of how it can have drawbacks.
Uses
of the internet:
- Expert
diagnostic databases;
- Conference
rooms for doctors to share rare illnesses;
- Training
for junior doctors by interactive questions (rather like what you are doing
on this website).
- Disseminating
news of new treatments;
- Sites
that focus on lifestyle and health issues for the general public.
Drawbacks:
- self
diagnosis can be dangerous
- quack
remedies.
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