Physician communication in the 21st century: To talk or to text?

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1128-1129

  Horwitz, Leora I ^a,b   Detsky, Allan S ^c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NOTE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STANDARDIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 79952597608     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.324     Document Type: Note

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