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摘要

AS A MEMBER OF KAISER-PERMANENTE, I AM ACCUSTOMED TO communicating with my physician by email, getting test results online, and reviewing my medical record while sitting at my computer. Clearly, the Internet is changing medical care, so it is important that we understand how. This issue of The Milbank Quarterly begins with "Health and Illness in a Connected World: How Might Sharing Experiences on the Internet Affect People's Health?" by Sue Ziebland and Sally Wyke. Using the realist review method, which is designed for summarizing evidence about complex policy interventions (Pawson et al. 2005), they describe what is known about how people use and are affected by peer-to-peer Internet communication regarding health-related experiences.