Information from the internet: Attitudes of Australian oncology patients

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 718-723

  Newnham, G M ^a   Burns, W I ^a   Snyder, R D ^a   Dowling, A J ^a   Ranieri, N F ^a   Gray, E L ^a   McLachlan, S A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information searching; Internet; Patient information

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33749835145     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01212.x     Document Type: Article

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