Using social media in oncology for education and patient engagement

ONCOLOGY (United States)

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Thompson, Michael A ^a   Younes, Anas ^b   Miller, Robert S ^c  

^a ProHealth Care Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CAREGIVER; CLIENT SERVER APPLICATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SEEKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOTE; ONCOLOGIST; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84874602868     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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