Willingness to use computerized systems for the diagnosis of dementia: Testing a theoretical model in an Israeli sample

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-178

  Werner, Perla ^a   Korczyn, Amos D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

attitudes; computerized systems; dementia; diagnosis; technology anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIA; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84861454770     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e318222323e     Document Type: Article

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