Systematic review of studies of patient satisfaction with telemedicine

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7248, 2000, Pages 1517-1520

  Mair, Frances ^a   Whitten, Pamela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0034600561     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1517     Document Type: Article

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