Expanding the walls of the health care encounter: Support and outcomes for patients online

Health Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-134

  Robinson, James D ^a   Warisse Turner, Jeanine ^b   Levine, Betty ^b   Tian, Yan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; ETHNOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952598987     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2010.541990     Document Type: Article

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