This paper is in the following e-collection/theme issue:

Digital Health Reviews (1723) Information Seeking, Information Needs (561) Registered Report (791) Participatory Medicine & E-Patients (872) Consumer & Patient Education and Shared-Decision Making (862) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1911) Quality/Credibility of eHealth Information and Trust Issues (654) Physician and Health Services Rating by Consumers (140)

Published on in Vol 24, No 2 (2022): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/23354, first published .
The Effect of Online Health Information Seeking on Physician-Patient Relationships: Systematic Review

The Effect of Online Health Information Seeking on Physician-Patient Relationships: Systematic Review

The Effect of Online Health Information Seeking on Physician-Patient Relationships: Systematic Review

Authors of this article:

Aijing Luo1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Lu Qin2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Yifeng Yuan1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Zhengzijin Yang2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Fei Liu2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Panhao Huang4 Author Orcid Image ;   Wenzhao Xie2, 3 Author Orcid Image
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