Abstract

Abstract Coping with a chronic disease is not easy. Sufferers need to have several methods to get information about their conditions. The Internet is a wonderful warehouse of information resources. Searchers looking for information about chronic diseases like arthritis, chronic back pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes, hypertension, and lupus can locate many WWW sites, mailing lists, and Usenet newsgroups about them. Getting to the Internet is a big hurdle. Users need to know what kind of connections and capabilities are available to them. They also need to know that Internet tools like search engines are available as well as how to use them effectively.

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