Wikipedia: A Key Tool for Global Public Health Promotion

• Main Authors: Heilman, James M (Author), Kemmann, Eckhard (Author), Bonert, Michael (Author), Chatterjee, Anwesh (Author), Ragar, Brent (Author), Beards, Graham M (Author), Iberri, David J (Author), Harvey, Matthew (Author), Thomas, Brendan (Author), Stomp, Wouter (Author), Martone, Michael F (Author), Lodge, Daniel J (Author), Vondracek, Andrea (Author), de Wolff, Jacob F (Author), Liber, Casimir (Author), Grover, Samir C (Author), Vickers, Tim J (Author), Meskó, Bertalan (Author), Laurent, Michaël R (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

The Internet has become an important health information resource for patients and the general public. Wikipedia, a collaboratively written Web-based encyclopedia, has become the dominant online reference work. It is usually among the top results of search engine queries, including when medical infor...