General practitioners' understanding pertaining to reliability, interactive and usability components associated with health websites

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-44

  Usher, Wayne ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

E health care; General practitioners; Health websites; Interactive components; Reliability components; Usability components

Indexed keywords

GOLD; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; LANDFORMS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RELIABILITY; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SURVEYS; TELEPHONE; USABILITY ENGINEERING; WEBSITES;

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATIONS; CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES; E-HEALTH CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRIES; INTERACTIVE COMPONENTS; INTERACTIVITY; INTERNET USE; MEDICAL SCHOOLS; QUEENSLAND; SURVEY INSTRUMENTS; TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES; USABILITY COMPONENTS;

INTERNET;

EID: 60649087761     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290802187736     Document Type: Article

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