Information for surgical patients: Implications of the world wide web

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 728-733

  Murphy, M A ^a   Joyce, W P ^a  

^a CAVAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Internet; Patient information; World wide web

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GALLSTONE; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERNET; IRELAND; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VARICOSIS;

CHOLELITHIASIS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; IRELAND; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0035666047     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11024150152707699     Document Type: Article

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