The internet as a catalyst for shifting power in provider-patient relationships

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 195-203

  Dickerson, Suzanne Steffan ^a,c   Brennan, Patricia Flatley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c 914 Kimball Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; INTERNET; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN RELATION; NURSE PRACTITIONER;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNET; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0036727438     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mno.2002.128446     Document Type: Article

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