The internet makes it much easier
for patients and families to research medical issues for themselves,
but there is also a lot of bad information on the internet. Do
doctors benefit from having more informed patients, or does the
internet just complicate their work because patients don't trust
doctors'
expertise any more? Are doctors resisting the impact of the internet
the way they resisted the stethascope? Is the internet changing
the relationship
between doctors and patients for the good or harming it? Please
focus on patients using the internet, not on how it is useful to
doctors.