Mediating telemedicine: Ethics at a distance

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-58

  Irvine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; SHORT SURVEY; TELECOMMUNICATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 13844300090     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2004.00731.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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