Do otolaryngology out-patients use the internet prior to attending their appointment?

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-38

  Tassone, Peter ^a,b   Georgalas, Christos ^a   Patel, Nimesh N ^a   Appleby, Esther ^a   Kotecha, Bhik ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet; Otolaryngology; Outpatients; Patient Education

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOSE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROAT; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1642498354     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221504322731600     Document Type: Review

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