Seeking health information: What sources do your patients use?

Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 214-219

  Cutilli, Carolyn Crane ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION;

HUMANS; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 77953100506     PISSN: 07446020     EISSN: 1542538X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NOR.0b013e3181db5471     Document Type: Article

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