The Internet for Surgeons

The Internet has proven to be a great resource for the medical community. This text focuses on the needs of surgeons, and aims to educate them on how to use the internet in their day-to-day practice and life. Topics covered in depth include: the history of the internet, terminology, hardware and software, search engines, e-mail, clinical trials, literature searches, telemedicine, patient information, and webpages. A central feature of the book is the extensive lists of annotated surgery-speci…