Facebook: Social networking meets professional duty

Current Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 34-37

  Mossman, Douglas ^a   Farrell, Helen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SECURITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET PROTOCOL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PROFESSIONALISM; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; WEBCAST;

EID: 84860331075     PISSN: 15378276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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