Survey of computer use for health topics by patients with head and neck cancer

Head and Neck

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-14

  Lea, Jane ^a   Lockwood, Gina ^a   Ringash, Jolie ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude to computers; E health; Head and neck neoplasms; Internet; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INCOME; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 11144264546     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20114     Document Type: Review

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