Doctors say patients are seeking false health information online: CMA survey | Hanomansing Tonight

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A new survey by the Canadian Medical Association found doctors are increasingly intervening to address harms done to patients who found incorrect health information online.

Dr. Iris Gorfinkel, a family doctor and a clinical researcher from Toronto, says it’s ‘like a coin flip’ as to whether the diagnoses patients find online are correct.