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there is no overseer perusing these sites and issu-
ing safety alerts for users. Although there are sites
that carry a specific symbol indicating that they
have been reviewed and are trustworthy
(HONcode and Trust-e), the healthcare provider
cannot control what patients are accessing or
their perceptions of and action related to the
health information they find online. See Research
Brief on a study of consumer perceptions of
health information on the web.
THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO
HEALTHCARE ETHICS
Theoretical approaches to healthcare ethics have
evolved in response to societal changes. In a 30-
year retrospective ...