Ethical issues in pediatric e-health

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 593-599

  Kind, Terry ^a,c   Silber, Tomas Jose ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University Schools   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOTE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEDIATRICS; PRIVACY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ELECTRONIC MAIL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 4544253526     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280404300701     Document Type: Note

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