Social media, surgeons, and the internet: An era or an error?

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 555-558

  Azu, Michelle C ^a,b   Lilley, Elizabeth J ^b   Kolli, Aparna H ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COMPUTER NETWORK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL IMAGE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PROFESSIONALISM; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SURGEON;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNET; SOCIAL MEDIA; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 84862853950     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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