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Guidelines for using social media tools to obtain information about patients.

What is it about?

This article addresses the following questions: - Is it ethical for a physician to google his/her patients? - Should the patient be informed before or after the physician googles the patient or not at all?

Why is it important?

Growing concerns about physician participation in social media highlight the need for ethical guidelines for appropriate use of social networking sites and related tools.

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