Internet use and perceptions of information reliability by parents in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 420-424

  Dhillon, Amrit S ^a,b   Albersheim, Susan G ^a   Alsaad, Sulaiman ^a,c   Pargass, Nisha S ^b   Zupancic, John A F ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c AL JAHRA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROCOMPUTER; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042195812     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210945     Document Type: Article

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