To friend or not to friend: Is that the question for healthcare?

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2-5

  McGee, Summer Johnson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960920341     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2011.602263     Document Type: Article

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