Why patients go online: Multiple sclerosis, the internet, and physician-patient communication

Neurologist

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 374-381

  Hay, M Cameron ^a,b   Strathmann, Cynthia ^c   Lieber, Eli ^b   Wick, Kimberly ^d   Giesser, Barbara ^e  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication; Doctor patient relationship; Information seeking; Internet; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 57749117148     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31817709bb     Document Type: Article

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