Dangers and opportunities for social media in medicine

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 453-462

  George, Daniel R ^a   Rovniak, Liza S ^a   Kraschnewski, Jennifer L ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; patient physician relationships; professionalism; public health; social media; technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICINE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84882425517     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: 15325520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e318297dc38     Document Type: Article

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