Social networks - The future for health care delivery

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2233-2241

  Griffiths, Frances ^a   Cave, Jonathan ^a   Boardman, Felicity ^a   Ren, Justin ^b   Pawlikowska, Teresa ^a   Ball, Robin ^a   Clarke, Aileen ^a   Cohen, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Dynamics; Health; Health care; Networks; Social networks

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION; NETWORKING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84869507349     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.08.023     Document Type: Article

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