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Why is it important to consider the source of health information?

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Credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, and support

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Is the information fair and balanced, objective, realistic, and consistent?

In order to determine whether the author's claims are true and reliable, it's important to know where the author got his or her facts and statistics, and whether these are supported by the majority of experts in his or her field.

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User Tomgalpin
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It's important because, you need to a valid source for a health situation. It could cause more than good if you don't know if the health source is not true. 
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