Counseling for Breast Disease Using the Internet.
10.4048/jkbcs.2000.3.1.60
- Author:
Jin Woo RYU
1
;
Duk Sik JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of General Surgery, College of Medicine, Dankook University. gsryu@anseo.dankook.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
medical information;
internet
- MeSH:
Breast Diseases*;
Breast Neoplasms;
Breast*;
Counseling*;
Education;
Internet*;
Korea;
Quality Control
- From:Journal of Korean Breast Cancer Society
2000;3(1):60-63
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Rapid progress in the development of communication devices has enabled us to use various and tremendous medical information regardless of time or place. Today, in Korea there are many homepages on the web which provide medical information, hospital information, and counseling on medical fields, but more detailed recent medical information, better quality control, and a greater variety of communication skills are needed. We analysed the data about breast cancer clinic on web from November 1998 to October 1999. The frequent questions were breast mass44%, breast pan 29%, and counseling on breast cancer 25%. The most frequent users were in their 3rd decades 55%, 4th decades 8%, and unknown cases 23%. The average number of visitors on wed was 454 per month. In near future, we believe that the use of the web as a information source will grow rapidly and we everyone will use internet in Korea. So, we should realize the virtual space is a reality, and we should use it as a proper education system for the people.
