At the Crossroads: The Intersection of the Internet and Clinical Oncology

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 577-583

  Pergament, Deborah ^c   Pergament, Eugene ^b   Wonderlick, Aimee ^a   Fiddler, Morris ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Prentice Women's Hospital   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION;

HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0033111605     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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