Use of the Internet by patients: Not a threat to nursing, but an opportunity?

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 104-109

  Timmons, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNET; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNET; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 0035259517     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/nedt.2000.0510     Document Type: Article

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