Information needs and visitors' experience of an internet expert forum on infertility

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Himmel, Wolfgang ^a   Meyer, Juliane ^a   Kochen, Michael M ^a   Michelmann, Hans Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer health informatics; e health; Infertility; Internet; Remote consultation; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CHILDLESSNESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTRONICS; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERNET; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPERT WITNESS; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 33746716843     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7.2.e20     Document Type: Review

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