The roles of patients' Internet use for cancer information and socioeconomic status in oncologist-patient communication

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 167-171

  Welch Cline, Rebecca J ^a,b   Penner, Louis A ^c   Harper, Felicity W K ^c   Foster, Tanina S ^c   Ruckdeschel, John C ^c   Albrecht, Terrance L ^c  

^a KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEOPLASM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 42549112576     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.0737001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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