Computer network home care demonstration: A randomized trial in persons living with AIDS

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 489-508

  Flatley Brennan, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Community health; Computer mediated communication; Computer network; Consumer health; Home care; Information; Patients; Public health

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DEPRESSION; ENCYCLOPEDIAS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEER GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 0031767468     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(98)00029-8     Document Type: Article

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