Information overload, the patient and the clinician

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-3

  Fava, Giovanni A ^a,b   Guidi, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATICS; URBANIZATION;

ANOMIE; AROUSAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIFE STYLE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33845729924     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096358     Document Type: Editorial

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