Saturday, March 12, 2011

Internet replaces the doctors?

According to an IPSOS poll of January 2011, 59% of French people looking for health advice on the net, only a quarter took the trouble to check the reliability of the information. Whether for finding information on a drug or to make a self-diagnosis, Internet becomes a major player in the health of French. Despite the distrust that can bring with respect to the intimacy of the consulting room, the Internet can be a real help. Whether the arrival of webcam in the doctor's office or alert consumers about the dangers of drugs Mediator, whether the interest of patients or sites of the birth of a collaboration between patient and doctor .

Within the Social Media Week will be held at City Hall the 4th arrondissement, Friday, February 11 at 11:30 am, a conference entitled "Internet replace there the doctors?"

Roundtable introduced by Jean-Louis Pourriat, First Deputy Mayor of the 4th arrondissement of Paris and chief of emergency of the Hotel Dieu and hosted by Hugo Combe, science journalist, with:

* Beate Barts, president of the association live without Thyroid,
* Dominique Dupagne, physician and founder of the site atoute.org,
* Cecile Méadel, professor of sociology at the Ecole des Mines de Paris,
* Jean-Philippe Riviere, medical director of Doctissimo.fr

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