Use of email for patient communication in student health care: A cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Castrén, Johanna ^a,b,c   Niemi, Marja ^d   Virjo, Irma ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Finnish Student Health Service   (Finland)

^c PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; E-MAIL; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEPHONE; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 14644420296     PISSN: 14726947     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-5-2     Document Type: Article

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