Finding the facts among fiction online how to search for evidence-based advice
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Finding the facts among fiction online how to search for evidence-based advice

Jennifer Trueland Freelance health journalist

Digital nurse Ellen McPake works to promote awareness of the possibilities as well as the perils for patients consulting Dr Google

Having been a nurse for 37 years, Ellen McPake happily confesses that she is no ‘digital native’. In fact, she says she’s not very good with technology at all.

Nursing Standard. 32, 20, 22-24. doi: 10.7748/ns.32.20.22.s17

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