Content of weblogs written by health professionals

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1642-1646

  Lagu, Tara ^a   Kaufman, Elinore J ^a   Asch, David A ^a,b   Armstrong, Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Professionalism; Weblog

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT RIGHT; PROFESSIONALISM;

CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; WRITING;

EID: 51649113870     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0726-6     Document Type: Article

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