Keywords: ‘How far’ and ‘agree’ and ‘Internet’ and ‘improve’ and ‘health and well-being’.
- Access to health information from around the world
- Minor ailments can be self-diagnosed. People are well informed.
- Encourages more self-awareness
- People can share common health problems via social media
- One can join specific groups, especially local support groups
- Easy to download and print off medical information
- Plenty of health instructions and videos posted online
- Can encourage hypochondria and even misdiagnosis
- Anything can be put on the Internet – selling of suspect medicines, blotched surgery and misinformation
- People could perceive doctor or hospital visits as unnecessary
- False information and conflicting information about exercise routines, diet and superfoods