Medicine and health on the internet: The good, the bad, and the ugly

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1303-1304

  Lindberg, Donald A B ^a,b   Humphreys, Betsy L ^a  

^a National Library of Medicine   (United States)

^b JAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032556182     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.15.1303     Document Type: Review

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