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Cyberdrugs: a cross sectional study of online pharmacies characteristics
No full textAs e-commerce and online pharmacies (OPs) arose, the potential impact of the Internet on the world of
health shifted from merely the spread of information to a real opportunity to acquire health services
directly. Aim of the study was to investigate the offer of prescription drugs in OPs, analysing their
characteristics, using the content analysis method. The research performed using the Google search
engine led to an analysis of 118 online pharmacies. Only 51 (43.2%) of them stated their precise
location. Ninety-six (81.4%) online pharmacies did not require a medical prescription from the
customer’s physician. Online pharmacies rise complex issues in terms of patient–doctor relationship,
consumer empowerment, drug quality, regulation and public health implications
Le Aziende Sanitarie Locali italiane nella rete del web: analisi dei siti ufficiali in termini di caratteristiche tecniche, interattività, servizi e contenuti di promozione della salute
No full textGoing Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
“Save 30% if you buy it today”. Online Pharmacies and the Enhancement of Peripheral Thinking in Consumers
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