Are physicians ready for patients with internet-based health information?

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Ahmad, Farah ^a   Hudak, Pamela L ^a   Bercovitz, Kim ^b   Hollenberg, Elisa ^a   Levinson, Wendy ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consultation; Focus group; Gealth information; Internet; Physician patient communication; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SELF EVALUATION; SELF MEDICATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 33749525878     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.8.3.e22     Document Type: Article

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