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With the popularity of the Internet, more and more people are turning to their computers for health information, advice, support and services. With its information based firmly on research, The Internet and Health Communication provides an in-depth analysis of the changes in human communication and health care resulting from the Internet revolution. Representing a wide range of expertise, the contributors provide an extensive variety of examples from the micro to the macro, including information about HMO web sites, Internet pharmacies, and web-enabled hospitals, to vividly illustrate their findings and conclusions.
Old Wine in Silicon Prescription Bottles: Some Legal Issues, Benefits, and Disadvantages Associated With Internet Pharmacies
Old Wine in Silicon Prescription Bottles: Some Legal Issues, Benefits, and Disadvantages Associated With Internet Pharmacies
New technologies always seem to present new problems, but often the new problems are really older problems recast into the language and social context of the new technology. The practice of the professions of medicine and pharmacy in the United States has traditionally been matters of state licensing and control. A doctor licensed in New York cannot, without following the licensing rules of California, open an office to practice medicine in that state. A pharmacist licensed in Illinois cannot, without further registration, open a store to sell prescription drugs in Florida.
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