Internet health information use and e-mail access by parents attending a paediatric emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 345-348

  Goldman, Ran D ^a   Macpherson, A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEMOGRAPHY; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STUDENT T TEST; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HOSPITAL; INFANT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 33744987648     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.026872     Document Type: Article

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