Bridging cultures: Child psychiatry via videoconferencing

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-134

  Savin, Daniel ^a   Glueck, Dehra A ^b   Chardavoyne, John ^a   Yager, Joel ^a,c,d   Novins, Douglas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Telemedicine; Telepsychiatry; Videoconferencing

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPSYCHIATRY; UNITED STATES; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 78449262102     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2010.09.002     Document Type: Review

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