World wide web stroke resources: a guide for health care professionals

This article provides an overview of available stroke information on the World Wide Web for health care professionals and consumers. An increasing amount of high quality medical information is available online, primarily via the World Wide Web. Recommendations in regard to type of Internet access and software are provided to assist the new and intermediate users. Electronic mail proprietary online services, and Internet applications are briefly reviewed. The World Wide Web sites catalogued in this article have been linked to a single site, allowing ready access to these sites while reviewing the article; Internet address: http://griffin.vcu.edu/html/pmr/other/stroke.html. The intended audience of the article is health care professionals, including those with limited experience with computers and the Internet.