Physicians' use of and attitudes toward electronic mail for patient communication

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-389

  Gaster, Barak ^a,b   Knight, Christopher L ^a   DeWitt, Dawn E ^a   Sheffield, John V L ^a   Assefi, Nassim P ^a   Buchwald, Dedra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b General Internal Medicine Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Confidentiality; E mail; Patient; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVACY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RECORDS;

EID: 0038037723     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20627.x     Document Type: Article

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