Paediatricians, social media and blogs: Ethical considerations

Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 267-269

  St Laurent Gagnon, Thérèse ^a   Coughlin, Kevin W ^a   Albersheim, Susan G ^a   Gervais, Pascale ^a   Grégoire, Marie Claude ^a   Hilliard, Robert I ^a   Mitchell, Ian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Blogs; Ethics; Facebook; Paediatricians; Professionalism; Social networking

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEM; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PROFESSIONALISM; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84861623449     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/17.5.267     Document Type: Review

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