Jordanian patients' and caregivers' use of the internet for seeking health information

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 184-191

  Akhu Zaheya, Laila M ^a,c   Dickerson, Suzanne S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c Tariq AboAlia   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Health information seeking; Internet use; Jordanian patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; JORDAN; PATIENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CAREGIVERS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; JORDAN; PATIENTS;

EID: 67651028270     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCN.0b013e31819f7cc0     Document Type: Article

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