Use of tablet personal computers for sensitive patient-reported information

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 91-97

  Dupont, Alexandra ^a   Wheeler, Jane ^a   Herndon II, James E ^a   Coan, April ^a   Zafar, S Yousuf ^a   Hood, Linda ^a   Patwardhan, Meenal ^a   Shaw, Heather S ^a   Lyerly, Kim H ^a   Abernethy, Amy P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY GENERAL SOCIAL WELL BEING SUBSCALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCOMPUTER; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; WELLBEING; ANAMNESIS; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTERS; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 68249162582     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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