Development and initial validation of an instrument to measure physicians' use of, knowledge about, and attitudes toward computers

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 164-176

  Cork, Randy D ^a   Detmer, William M ^a   Friedman, Charles P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0031946340     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1998.0050164     Document Type: Article

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