Perceptions and attitudes of Canadian dentists toward digital and electronic technologies

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Flores Mir, Carlos ^a   Palmer, Neal G ^a   Northcott, Herbert C ^a   Khurshed, Fareeza ^a   Major, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Computer systems utilization; Dentists; Practice management, dental organization administration

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CANADA; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COST; DENTIST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CANADA; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DENTISTS; HUMANS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, DENTAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL;

EID: 33645666937     PISSN: 14882159     EISSN: 14882159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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