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Health and Medicine: Evaluating Online Health Information
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MedlinePlus: Guide to Healthy Web Surfing
Suggestions on things to look for when evaluating the quality of online health information.
HON Code
Health on the Net Foundation's (HON) Code of Conduct for medical and health websites.
Medical Library Association: A User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web
Guide includes how to evaluate online health content and useful websites.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM): Understanding Health News
Highlights factors to consider when reading, watching, or listening to news about complementary health.
Family Doctor: Health Information on the Web: Finding Reliable Information
American Academy of Physicians list of questions to ask when looking at a health website.
Trust It or Trash It?
A tool to help you think critically about the quality of health information (including websites, handouts, booklets, etc.).
Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
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