Doctors who are using e-mail with their patients: A qualitative exploration

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 9-26

  Patt, Madhavi R ^a   Houston, Thomas K ^b,d   Jenckes, Mollie W ^a   Sands, Daniel Z ^c   Ford, Daniel E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Electronic mail; Internet; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 0042203591     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5.2.e9     Document Type: Review

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