An assessment of the feasibility of telephone and email consultation in a chest clinic

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-13

  Partridge, Martyn R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chest clinic; Consultation; Email; Telephone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; E-MAIL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PRESSURE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESPIRATORY CARE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TELEPHONE; TIME;

COMPUTER LITERACY; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LONDON; LUNG DISEASES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONARY DISEASE (SPECIALTY); QUESTIONNAIRES; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 2942707688     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00166-6     Document Type: Article

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