Educating patients to evaluate web-based health care information: The GATOR approach to healthy surfing

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1371-1377

  Weber, Bryan A ^a   Derrico, David J ^a   Yoon, Saunjoo L ^a   Sherwill Navarro, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer driven healthcare; Health database; Patient education; Patient self care; Web internet health resources

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION;

INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 77955890404     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02762.x     Document Type: Article

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