Can the web improve your health?

[Northerner]

When a psychiatrist was called to the home of a 12-year-old patient who was very distressed, he found her barricaded inside her room.

She refused to come out, saying she didn't trust doctors, including him.

He told her to look him up on the website, iWantGreatCare, on her smartphone.

The site was set up to allow patients to rate their doctors, and his teenage patients had recorded their comments about his care.

Seeing what her peers had written finally persuaded her to let him in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17373614

 

[Newtothis]

When a psychiatrist was called to the home of a 12-year-old patient who was very distressed, he found her barricaded inside her room.

She refused to come out, saying she didn't trust doctors, including him.

He told her to look him up on the website, iWantGreatCare, on her smartphone.

The site was set up to allow patients to rate their doctors, and his teenage patients had recorded their comments about his care.

Seeing what her peers had written finally persuaded her to let him in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17373614

Problem with the web is you need to know which sites to go on - I've googled myself stupid when first diagnosed with diabetes - some sites are very very frightening....😱