In medicine, journal articles are the format of choice. Books, however, still have utility. If you want to learn what books exist on a medical subject, a good place to start is the National Library of Medicine's Locator Catalogue. The requested object does not exist on this server. This is often very difficult to determine with webpages.
Valid research is based on replicable testing.
Two Other Qualities to Consider When Evaluating Medical Information Online Attribution References and sources for all content should be listed clearly, and all relevant copyright information noted. To see the full-text of the JAMA editorial on the quality of medical information on the Internet, please click here. They then checked the reliability of information on the 41 web sites they considered. They compared the recommendations listed on the web sites against standard published guidelines. This suggests an urgent need to check public oriented healthcare information on the internet for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.