Provider-patient dialogue about internet health information: An exploration of strategies to improve the provider-patient relationship

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 346-352

  Bylund, Carma L ^a   Gueguen, Jennifer A ^a   Sabee, Christina M ^b   Imes, Rebecca S ^c   Li, Yuelin ^a   Sanford, Amy Aldridge ^d  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Carroll College   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Patient satisfaction; Provider patient communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION STUDY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 34248143994     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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