Instruments to assess the quality of health information on the World Wide Web: What can our patients actually use?

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-19

  Bernstam, Elmer V ^a   Shelton, Dawn M ^a   Walji, Muhammad ^a   Meric Bernstam, Funda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Medical informatics; Patient education

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SEARCH ENGINES; STANDARDS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HEALTH INFORMATION; INTEROBSERVER RELIABILITY; QUALITY-RATING INSTRUMENTS; READABILITY STANDARDS;

HEALTH CARE;

EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 11144224534     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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