Should doctors Google their patients?

It’s well known that patients Google their doctors, a practice that’s performed with increasing frequency.

But what about doctors researching their patients on the web?

It’s an interesting idea that I hadn’t thought of. I have never Googled a patient, and can’t see any reason to in a primary care setting. But the context of the piece, which I first saw in the WSJ Health Blog, was in psychiatry. It would …

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