Evaluating Health Information on the Web
Critically evaluating information is imperative, especially in the health fields, as it could potentially affect the health of the information consumer. Following are a few sites that will aid you in critically evaluating health information:
Medical Library Association (MLA): Content Evaluation Guidelines
What you will find: poses four sets of questions on which to evaluate the content of a website.
The Health on the Net (HON) Foundation: HON Code of Conduct (HONcode) for Medical and Health Web Sites
What you will find: defines a set of rules to hold medical and health web site developers to basic ethical standards in the presentation of their information. You may search to determine if particular websites have obtained the HONcode seal.
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