Content and design of patient-targeted websites in orthopaedic surgery: The example of total hip replacement

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 773-776

  Moran, Matthew ^a,b   Oliver, C W ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information quality; Internet; Orthopaedic surgery; Total hip replacement

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEARCH ENGINE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36649035929     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X209293     Document Type: Article

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