Healthy skepticism: People may be wary of health articles on crowdsourced sites

(Penn State) People may be skeptical about medical and health articles they encounter on crowdsourced websites, such as Wikipedia and Wikihealth, according to researchers. While that may be good news for health officials who are worried that these sites allow non-experts to easily add and edit health information, the researchers added that having medical professionals curate content on those sites may not reduce the skepticism.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news