%0 Journal Article
%@ 14388871
%I JMIR Publications Inc.
%V 16
%N 3
%P e73
%T The New Health-Related Top-Level Domains Are Coming: Will Cureforcancer.health Go to the Highest Bidder?
%A Eysenbach,Gunther
%+ Techna Institute, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network and University of Toronto, 190 Elizabeth St, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada, 1 4163404800 ext 6427, editor@jmir.org
%K top-level domains
%K global community health
%K health information sources
%K quality health information
%D 2014
%7 05.03.2014
%9 Editorial
%J J Med Internet Res
%G English
%X In 2012, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) opened a new round of applications for generic top-level domain (gTLD) names, receiving 1930 applications, of which at least 18 were related to health (eg, “.doctor”, “.health”, “.med”). The entry of new, commercial players applying to create health-related names reopens the debate on the role of international organizations, governments, non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders regarding the safeguards and policies needed to protect consumers.
%M 24598704
%R 10.2196/jmir.3358
%U http://www.jmir.org/2014/3/e73/
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.3358
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24598704