Preference and awareness of telemedicine in primary care patients

Korean Journal of Family Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-33

  Jung, Sung Gwon ^a   Kweon, Hyuk Jung ^a   Kim, Eun Tae ^a   Kim, Seun Ah ^a   Choi, Jae Kyung ^a   Cho, Dong Yung ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Awareness; Patient preference; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863288068     PISSN: 20056443     EISSN: 20926715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4082/kjfm.2012.33.1.25     Document Type: Article

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