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When Internet Searches Replace Medical Care

I have been googling my symptoms instead of seeing a doctor because WebMD is free and doctors are not.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Economic barriers have forced the person to substitute accessible but inadequate information for professional care.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Money and physical health — poverty as health condition?”

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