Patient experiences with medlineplus.gov: A survey of internal medicine patients

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1019-1022

  Smalligan, Roger D ^a   Campbell, Emily O ^a   Ismail, Hassan M ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Internet; Internet access; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; MEDLINEPLUS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 58149355115     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/JIM.0b013e31818d9138     Document Type: Article

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