Attitude of korean primary care family physicians towards telehealth

Korean Journal of Family Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 341-351

  Kim, Ji Eun ^a   Song, Yun Mi ^a   Park, Joo Hyun ^a   Lee, Jae Ri ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attitude; Family physician; Private practice; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655192675     PISSN: 20056443     EISSN: 20926715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4082/kjfm.2011.32.6.341     Document Type: Article

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