Australian health professionals' social media (Web 2.0) adoption trends: Early 21st century health care delivery and practice promotion

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-41

  Usher, Wayne T ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TREND STUDY; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84857872931     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY10084     Document Type: Article

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