Can E-mail messages between patients and physicians be patient-centered?

Health Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-86

  Roter, Debra L ^a   Larson, Susan ^a   Sands, Daniel Z ^b,c   Ford, Daniel E ^a,d   Houston, Thomas ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Zix Corporation   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 41449088892     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410230701807295     Document Type: Article

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