A survey of GP attitudes to and experiences of email consultations

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 201-205

  Neville, Ron G ^a   Marsden, Wendy ^b   McCowan, Colin ^b   Pagliari, Claudia ^c   Mullen, Helen ^a   Fannin, Allison ^d  

^a Westgate Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Dundee Local Health Care Co Oper   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Consultations; Email

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

EID: 14844296393     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v12i4.127     Document Type: Article

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