Telehealth: Opportunities and liabilities

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 561-562

  Milstein, Robert D ^a,b  

^a Corrs Chambers Westgarth ^*  (Australia)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0033571772     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123798.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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