Professionalism in the digital age

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 560-562

  Mostaghimi, Arash ^a   Crotty, Bradley H ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; HONESTY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONALISM; TRUST;

EID: 79955399644     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-8-201104190-00008     Document Type: Article

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