How to measure the quality of surgery-related web sites

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 997-1000

  Yermilov, Irina ^a,b   Chow, Warren ^b   Devgan, Lara ^c   Makary, Martin ^c   Ko, Clifford ^a,b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SURGERY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGERY;

EID: 55949113559     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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