Web 2.0: Could it help move the health system into the 21st century?

Journal of Men's Health and Gender

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 332-336

  Deshpande, Amol ^a   Jadad, Alejandro R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEN'S HEALTH; ONLINE SYSTEM; PENIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33750919253     PISSN: 15718913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmhg.2006.09.004     Document Type: Editorial

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