How medical doctors and students should use social media: A review of the main guidelines for proposing practical recommendations

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 180, Issue , 2012, Pages 853-857

  Mayer, Miguel Angel ^a,b   Leis, Angela ^a   Mayer, Alex ^c   Rodriguez Gonzalez, Alejandro ^d  

^a Medical Association of Barcelona   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Codes of ethics; Medical students; Physicians; Practice guideline; Social media

Indexed keywords

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

CODES OF ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENTS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL MEDIA;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHICS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STANDARD; STUDENT;

INTERNATIONALITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENTS;

EID: 84872527450     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-101-4-853     Document Type: Conference Paper

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