%0 Journal Article
%@ 1438-8871
%I Gunther Eysenbach
%V 3
%N 2
%P e15
%T The Patient-Physician Relationship in the Internet Age: Future Prospects and the Research Agenda
%A Gerber,Ben S
%A Eiser,Arnold R
%+ General Internal Medicine (M/C 787), University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 South Wood Street, Chicago IL 60612, USA, +1 312 413 0312, bgerber@uic.edu
%K Physician-Patient Relations
%K Internet
%K Decision-Making
%K Patient Education
%K Medical Informatics
%D 2001
%7 9.4.2001
%9 Viewpoint
%J J Med Internet Res
%G English
%X In the "Internet Age," physicians and patients have unique technological resources available to improve the patient-physician relationship. How they both utilize online medical information will influence the course of their relationship and possibly influence health outcomes. The decision-making process may improve if efforts are made to share the burden of responsibility for knowledge. Further benefits may arise from physicians who assist patients in the information-gathering process. However, further research is necessary to understand these differences in the patient-physician relationship along with their corresponding effects on patient and physician satisfaction as well as clinical outcomes.
%M 11720957
%R 10.2196/jmir.3.2.e15
%U http://www.jmir.org/2001/2/e15/
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.3.2.e15
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11720957