Social Media and Health Care: An Overview

PM and R

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1046-1050

  Eckler, Petya ^a   Worsowicz, Gregory ^b   Rayburn, J Wesley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MASS COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK;

BLOGGING; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 78549253806     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.09.005     Document Type: Review

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