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E-mail can be a powerful new tool in improving communication between patients and doctors, according to one expert．
“Using the Internet, doctors can answer more questions from more patients in a shorter time,” writes Dr Basal Pal, a famous doctor in Manchester, UK．
According to Pal, nearly 40% of American patients say they used E-mail to communicate with a doctor in the past．
He notes, however, that although patients have such interests, only up to 2% of doctors in the United States offer E-mail service．
Using E-mail, doctors can make sure of their advice and post patient information materials and other resources on the Internet．It’s said that more than 10,000 health-oriented websites already exist now．
However, some people worry that widespread use of medical E-mail might set up two kinds of care---one for Internet “haves” and the other for the “have-nots”．
But Pal points out that “by the year 2013 nearly every library will offer Internet and E-mail services in the
