The doctor, the patient and the world-wide web: How the internet is changing healthcare

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 74-76

  Powell, John A ^a   Darvell, M ^b   Gray, J A M ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Whitehall   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

EID: 0037313868     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.96.2.74     Document Type: Review

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