A study of peer-to-peer information in a domain of uncertainty: The case of epilepsy

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-316

  Lorence, Daniel ^a   Chen, Li ^a  

^a Center for Technology Assessment   (United States)

Author keywords

Chat; Discussion; Domains of uncertainty; Epilepsy; Hierarchy; Internet

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ONLINE SYSTEM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TELEMEDICINE;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PEER GROUP;

EID: 36148982314     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458207082979     Document Type: Article

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