Role of information available over the internet: What are the parents of children undergoing tonsillectomy likely to find?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 601-605

  Roshan, Amith ^a   Agarwal, S ^b   England, R J A ^c  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Information dissemination; Internet; Quality assurance; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; QUALITY CONTROL; READING; RELIABILITY; SEARCH ENGINE; TONSILLECTOMY; WEB BROWSER;

CHILD; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 55049112134     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588408X318129     Document Type: Article

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