Should doctors spurnwikipedia?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 488-489

  Metcalfe, David ^a,b   Powell, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; ERROR; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; SEARCH ENGINE; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BOOK; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; ENCYCLOPEDIAS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 84855568945     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2011.110227     Document Type: Editorial

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