Nursing, the wilderness of mirrors and the struggle for health information of high quality

Abstract

The overabundance of information, true or false, threatens people, their families, and society. In a noisy informational environment, high-quality information is hard to identify. The term wilderness of mirrors, taken from the counter-espionage dictionary, stands for confusion driven by the merge of facts with illusions created to deceive. Infodemiology investigates theoretical and practical aspects of medical and health information dissemination and quality assessment. It is in the scope of nursing practice to promote health and educate patients. Hence, a nursing practice could be nourished by introducing an infodemiological approach.