Ethical principles for physician rating sites

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Strech, Daniel ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethics; Patient empowerment; Patient physician relationship; Physician rating sites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84859912895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1899     Document Type: Article

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