A review of features in internet consumer health decision-support tools

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 53-64

  Schwitzer, Gary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b School of Journalism and Mass Communication   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Informatics; Internet; Multimedia; Prognosis; Social support; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIDEORECORDING; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 3242790975     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4.2.e11     Document Type: Review

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