Direct-to-consumer internet promotion of robotic prostatectomy exhibits varying quality of information

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 760-769

  Mirkin, Joshua N ^a   Lowrance, William T ^b   Feifer, Andrew H ^c   Mulhall, John P ^d   Eastham, James E ^d   Elkin, Elena B ^d  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTIC PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL RISK;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862487442     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0329     Document Type: Article

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