Psychiatry and online social media: Potential, pitfalls and ethical guidelines for psychiatrists and trainees

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 181-187

  Frankish, Katherine ^a   Ryan, Christopher ^a,b   Harris, Anthony ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

confidentiality; ethics; internet; physician patient relations; privacy

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSUMER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; LAWYER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONALISM; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGIST; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; VIGNETTE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHICS; STANDARD;

CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIVACY; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84871697961     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856212447881     Document Type: Review

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