Pediatric caregiver attitudes toward email communication: Survey in an urban primary care setting

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Dudas, Robert Arthur ^a   Crocetti, Michael ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Electronic mail; Email; Health care disparities; Pediatrics; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTHER; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EMAIL; HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84887888925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2738     Document Type: Article

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