Internet use by orthopaedic outpatients - Current trends and practices

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 633-638

  Fraval, Andrew ^a   Chong, Yew Ming ^a   Holcdorf, David ^a   Plunkett, Virginia ^a   Tran, Phong ^a  

^a WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Internet use; Online medical information; Orthopaedics; Patient's awareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; RATING SCALE;

EID: 84871962108     PISSN: 18361935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2012.1530     Document Type: Article

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