Disseminating information about healthcare effectiveness: A survey of consumer health information services

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 124-129

  Entwistle, Vikki A ^a,b   Watt, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information; Prostate cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION SERVICE; PROSTATE CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0031659575     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.7.3.124     Document Type: Review

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