Adapting the content of cancer web sites to the information needs of patients: Reliability and readability

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 956-966

  Alba Ruiz, Ruben ^a   Bermúdez Tamayo, Clara ^a,b   Pernett, Jaime Jiménez ^b   Garcia Gutierrez, Jose Francisco ^b   Cózar Olmo, José Manuel ^a   Valero Aguilera, Beatriz ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

e health; information management; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; EHEALTH; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; SPEARMAN RANK CORRELATION; SPECIFIC INFORMATION; WEB SITE CONTENTS;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; DISEASES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; TELEMEDICINE; UROLOGY; WEBSITES;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84889670731     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2013.0050     Document Type: Article

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