The origin, content, and workload of e-mail consultations

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1321-1324

  Borowitz, Stephen M ^a   Wyatt, Jeremy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPUTER NETWORK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032556152     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.15.1321     Document Type: Article

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