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TECHNOLOGY AND FAMILY MEDICINEFigure 10 was again a behavioral response question on General practitioners who were surveyed. When the generalpractitioners were asked about obtaining a second opinion for patients the response was about 53% of them (50 innumber) answered no, while 47% (45 in number) answered yes.Figure 10: The General Practitioners Favor SecondOpinions for Patients, via the Internet, on SpecificConditions, as a Valuable Resource For PatientsFigure 11 was again a behavioral response question on General practitioners who were surveyed. When generalpractitioners were asked has at any time a patient asked you about a website or a web page through which you canseek information about 73% of them (70 in number) said no and 27% (25 in number) said yes.Figure 11: Had a Patient ever asked for the name of a WebSite for More Information on their ConditionFigure 12 was again a behavioral response question of General practitioners who were surveyed. When generalpractitioners were asked about quality of information on medical websites, about 13% (12 in number) said quality ofinformation on websites is good and about 16% (15 in number) said quality of information on website is not good andabout 72% (68 in number) said they can’t say. On further investigation it was found that ‘can’t say’ was the answerbecause the authenticity and the time line of the website may be deceptiveFigure 12:Questionsregardingthe Quality ofInformation onMedical WebsitesMIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE VOLUME 10 ISSUE 7MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE • VOLUME 7, ISSUE 10 49