Thursday, December 22, 2005

Physicians, the Internet and new opportunities for medical writers in Europe

A feature on the increasing use of internet by European physicians. A factor likely to develop the demand for medical and scientific online journalists and web editors. First published in Infocity - December 2005.

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65% of physicians in Europe consider internet an essential tool for their activity. This is one of the results of Taking the Pulse Europe v5.0, a research which was presented in New York on December 8th, and conducted by Manhattan Research, a research company specialised in exploring synergies between medicine and the web. The study was directed at physicians in various fields of specialization, in the UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy.


Photo courtesy of Tanya Harding