Supporting hospital doctors in the Middle East by email telemedicine: Something the industrialized world can do to help

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Patterson, Victor ^a   Swinfen, Pat ^b   Swinfen, Roger ^b   Azzo, Emil ^c   Taha, Husen ^d   Wootton, Richard ^e,f  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Swinfen Charitable Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c Azadi General Hospital   (Iraq)

^d Emergency Hospital   (Iraq)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Electronic mail; Middle East; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IRAQ; KUWAIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE EAST; PAKISTAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELEMEDICINE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICINE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE EAST; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 36049039752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.9.4.e30     Document Type: Article

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