For many physicians, E-mail is the high-tech house call
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E-mail is restoring some interaction between doctors and patients in the modern medicine era. The influence of managed care and technology has undermined the traditional doctor-patient relationship, but both sides say E-mail is an increasingly effective tool to restore conversation. Doctors say computers allow users to organize their thoughts and communicate them at their convenience. Doctors also say the technology, which can be perceived as remote, helps them establish friendships with patients. Experts on doctor-patient relationships and medical uses of technology say younger doctors tend to encourage E-mail, because they are more comfortable with the technology. Many older colleagues, meanwhile, have embraced the trend. Patients also are using home computers to consult on-line medical journals and Web sites, but medical experts caution that some Internet information is erroneous and even dangerous. Some doctors fear a deluge of electronic messages, but others say E-mail relieves inefficient telephone communication.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1997
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E-Mail is becoming a conduit of prejudice
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E-mail is being used to send hate messages on college campuses. The American Council on Education has reported an increase in these types of messages and has stated it is unsure if this is just a trend or if they represent a larger problem occurring on the Internet. At the University of Indiana where hate messages against the Asian community are a problem, campus police are investigating and attempting to trace the origins of the messages. Free speech is an important consideration in the disciplinary action taken when and if the individuals sending the hate messages are discovered. Most universities' policies against harassing and hate messages are fairly strict, but administration and students are hesitant to punish people for sending the messages.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1997
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Guess who's going on line: to the studied horror Gen-X'ers, Mom is moving in on their cyberspace, and binding the Net with family ties
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A growing number of middle-aged and older Internet users are changing the way families communicate. Families can convey their thoughts in an E-mail environment that lowers inhibitions and sanctions intimacy. The number of US Internet users who are at least 50 years old has jumped from 13% in 1994 to 16% in 1997, according to surveys. Cyber Dialogue reports estimates that 40 million US adults are using the Web. Older users are using E-mail for functions that include electronic commerce, social issues and family ties. Both older and younger E-mail users say they have deepened their communication, although the family ties can contain frays. There also are some generational differences over the finer points of E-mail etiquette.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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