Advantages and challenges of social media in pediatrics

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 430-434

  Kind, Terry ^a   Greysen, S Ryan ^b   Chretien, Katherine C ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULLYING; CANCER RESEARCH; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SAFETY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; LEUKEMIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE MONITORING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHILD; EDUCATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PEDIATRICS; SAFETY;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SAFETY;

EID: 80155197592     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00904481-20110815-05     Document Type: Article

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