Impact of electronic messaging on the patient-physician interaction

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 243-250

  Wallwiener, Markus ^a   Wallwiener, Christian Wilhelm ^b   Kansy, Julia Katharina ^a   Seeger, Harald ^a   Rajab, Taufiek Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TEXT MESSAGING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 68249120586     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2009.090111     Document Type: Article

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