18 Dec 2017

Doctors googling patients

From Afternoons, 1:15 pm on 18 December 2017

We're often told not to google our symptoms when we're sick, to instead go to the doctor.

But what about doctors using google - to find out more about patients? Is it an invasion of privacy...or is it a way for GPs to find out more about our health?

These questions have been raised in a University of Otago study looking at the ethical reasoning behind the act.

Dr Sue Walthert, from the Dunedin School of Medicine Medical Education Unit, explains.

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