Health, an easy target for fake. The fraudulent information on the Internet
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Información sobre salud, Internet, Fraudes, Leyendas urbanas, Bulos, Cadenas de e-mailAbstract
The transmission of fraudulent or misleading information on health through the Internet is a great problem. Librarians must intervene to curb the scourge, with the tools of our profession: the practice and ability to analyze sources of information, easy of access to reliable sources and the obligation to train users are reasons enough for us to intervene in the performance of our duties to provide media, evaluation criteria, tutorials, etc.. to be capable of discriminating users false information. In the text some performance measures are proposed and some useful web links to verify or evaluate the veracity of certain information are suggested.Downloads
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