Author

Publication

2016 - The MIT Press, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

36,000 words, Guess

Page Count

144 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC610.285
  • LCCR858 .Y66 2016

Description

"What if the [online] data generated by our searches could reveal information about health that would be difficult to gather in other ways? In this book, Elad Yom-Tov argues that Internet data could change the way medical research is done, supplementing traditional tools to provide insights not otherwise available. He describes how studies of Internet searches have, among other things, already helped researchers to track side effects of prescription driugs, to understand the information needs of cancer patients and their families, and to recognize some of the causes of anorexia. Yom-Tov shows that the information collected can benefit humanity without sacrificing individual privacy"--Jacket.

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Other Editions

  • Crowdsourced health: how what you do on the Internet will improve medicineThe MIT Press2016-01-01

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