“In some ways, it could be viewed by patients as somewhat weird that a medical provider might be trolling their online profile to get more information about them,” said Maria Baker, a Penn State associate professor of medicine and co-author of the research paper. “Googling a patient can undermine the trust between a patient and his or her provider, but in some cases it might be ethically justified.”
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