Medical specialists' accounts of the impact of the Internet on the doctor/patient relationship

Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 319-338

  Broom, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprofessionalization; Doctor patient relationship; Internet; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICINE; PROSTATE TUMOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 22244459156     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459305052903     Document Type: Article

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