Guidelines for medical and health information sites on the Internet: Principles governing AMA Web sites

JAMA

Volumn 283, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1600-1606

  Winker, Margaret A ^a   Flanagin, Annette ^b   Chi Lum, Bonnie ^b   White, John ^b   Andrews, Karen ^b   Kennett, Robert L ^b   DeAngelis, Catherine D ^b   Musacchio, Robert A ^b  

^a JAMA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA BASE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0034701282     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.283.12.1600     Document Type: Article

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