What will it take to bring the internet into the consulting room? We cannot remain oblivious to our patients' expectations

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 787-788

  Jadad, Alejandro R ^a,b  

^a Centre for Global eHealth Innovation   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRESCRIPTION; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 23744432760     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.051359.x     Document Type: Editorial

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