AN OVER VIEW A. Databases, bibliographic and other. The World Wide Web provides access to many pages on a variety of health information topics. Many people use Web-based health information sites to great advantage and enjoy the privacy, convenience and speed of this medium. Nonetheless, some observers have questioned the accuracy and quality of health information on the Web, noting that in many cases material taken from Web sites was incomplete, misleading, biased or factually incorrect. The word implies a complex organization, requiring considerable capital investment.
Conventional publishers require their authors to use accepted grammar, punctuation and spelling.
Scientific publishers require that assertions or claims be supported by evidence and by citation from prior literature. Authors must meet these requirements or face the sanction of not having their work published. Many Web publishers work to these exacting standards, but others may not. There is no external quality control apparatus, and no peer review. Web page authors are their own publishers, so they face no sanction or rejection, if they fail to meet someone else's standards.