Internet use for health information among haematology outpatients: A cross-sectional survey*

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 62-73

  Laurent, Michaël R ^a   Cremers, Saskia ^a   Verhoef, Gregor ^a   Dierickx, Daan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Haematology; Health information; Internet; Patient education; Patientphysician relationship

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84857575484     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17538157.2011.606481     Document Type: Conference Paper

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