A 67-year-old man who e-mails his physician

JAMA

Volumn 292, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2255-2261

  Slack, Warner V ^a,b,c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Medical Advisory Board   (United States)

^d Baby CareLink   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; ONLINE MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEGAL LIABILITY; WORKLOAD;

AGED; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 7744221238     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.18.2255     Document Type: Conference Paper

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