Should I be "friends" with my patients on social networking web sites?

American Family Physician

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-108

  Chretien, Katherine Chang ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INFORMATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL NETWORK; FRIEND; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79959923179     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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