1) Orthopedic surgeons surveyed were generally willing to provide patients with an "internet prescription" directing them to reliable online health sources, with middle-aged surgeons most likely to do so. 2) The majority of surgeons felt that patient internet use did not negatively impact the physician-patient relationship or patient outcomes. 3) However, many surgeons were concerned that internet-informed patients may undergo unnecessary medical tests or treatments.

1. Orthopedic Surgeons Are Willing to Provide an “Internet Prescription” Lena Rosenmann, Roger Sevi, Omer Or, Itzhak Gur, Yoav Mattan, Leonid Kandel Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem, Israel

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32. Orthopedic surgeons are still mainly males Thus, the difference even more significant

33. Our study Dutch study Undermines authority 30% 31% Damages physician-patient relationship 13 % 23% Improves patient’s control perception 64 % 75 % Unnecessary treatments and diagnostic tests 74% Test 91% Treatment 75%

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