E-medicine and health care consumers: Recognizing current problems and possible resolutions for a safer environment

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 403-415

  Brann, Maria ^a   Anderson, James G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer information; E medicine; Health information; Information technology; Internet; www

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIVACY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038777246     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023483327756     Document Type: Review

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