Surfing the Net for medical information about psychological trauma: An empirical study of the quality and accuracy of trauma-related websites

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-236

  Bremner, J Douglas ^a,b,c   Quinn, John ^d   Quinn, William ^d   Veledar, Emir ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Celtsoft Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Informatics; Internet; PTSD; Stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONSUMER; CONTENT VALIDITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL STRESS; ONLINE SYSTEM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; QUALITY CONTROL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84860404557     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: 14645246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639230600887866     Document Type: Article

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