Telemedicine: Medical, legal and ethical perspectives

Case Reports and Clinical Practice Review

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Clark, Peter A ^a   Capuzzi, Kevin ^b   Harrison, Joseph ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pinckney Harris and Weidinger LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Ethics; Legal; Technology; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOLDIER; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMEDICINE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79951559605     PISSN: 15076164     EISSN: 16433742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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