Participatory Democracy, Participatory Medicine

from the Pew Internet & American Life Project
by Susannah Fox
Apr 17, 2009
More than half of the entire adult population in the U.S. used the internet to get involved in the 2008 political process. Blogs, social networking sites, video clips, and plain old email were all used to gather and share political information by what Lee [...]

Health Librarians Highlight Best Health Info on Internet

PHOENIX – So you have a seemingly random set of symptoms and are ready to call the doctor but you reach for the mouse first, right? Access to health information through the Internet has expanded exponentially, allowing all of us to “play doctor” from the comfort – or discomfort as the case may be – [...]