An assessment of the quality of information on stroke and speech and language difficulty web sites

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-125

  Surman, Ruth ^a   Bath, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carers; consumer health information; families; patients; speech and language difficulties; stroke

Indexed keywords

CARERS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FAMILIES; PATIENTS; STROKE;

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

WEBSITES;

EID: 84873190321     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551512469775     Document Type: Article

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