Evaluation of a virtual dialogue method for breast cancer patient education

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-195

  Harless, William G ^a   Zier, Marcia A ^a   Harless, Michael G ^a   Duncan, Robert C ^b   Braun, Mary Ann ^e   Willey, Shawna ^c   Isaacs, Claudine ^d   Warren, Robert D ^c  

^a Interactive Drama   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Breast cancer; Cancer education; Computer based; Interactive; Patient education; Simulation; Speech recognition; Virtual conversation; Virtual dialogue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 67650456234     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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