Radiation therapy and internet - What can patients expect?: Homepage analysis of german radiotherapy institutions

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 700-704

  Janssen, Stefan ^a   Meyer, Andreas ^a   Vordermark, Dirk ^b   Steinmann, Diana ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Internet; Patient information; Radiotherapy; Websites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; TELEPHONE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RADIOTHERAPY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79951669976     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-010-2129-y     Document Type: Article

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