Survey of doctors' experience of patients using the Internet

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-53

  Potts, Henry W W ^a,c   Wyatt, Jeremy C ^b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude to computers; Information quality; Internet; Patient education; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 3242656990     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4.1.e5     Document Type: Review

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