Online professionalism and Facebook - Falling through the generation gap

Medical Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Osman, Ahmed ^a   Wardle, Andrew ^a   Caesar, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864207053     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.668624     Document Type: Article

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