The telephone booth: A worthwhile stop along the information superhighway

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 592-593

  Blankenship, James C ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE;

COMMUNICATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADIOGRAPHY; TELEPHONE; TENNESSEE;

EID: 0034015754     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00351-X     Document Type: Editorial

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