The patient-physician relationship in the Internet Age: Future prospects and the research agenda

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 112-123

  Gerber, Ben S ^a,b   Eiser, Arnold R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision Making; Internet; Medical Informatics; Patient Education; Physician Patient Relations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDLINE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

EID: 3242719727     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3.2.e15     Document Type: Review

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