Long-term doctor-patient relationships: Patient perspective from online reviews

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Detz, Alissa ^a   López, Andrea ^b   Sarkar, Urmimala ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Primary care; Qualitative; Social media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE; SOCIAL MEDIA; PSYCHOLOGY;

PRIMARY CARE; QUALITATIVE; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENTS; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84883423535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2552     Document Type: Article

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