Health domains for sale: The need for global health internet governance

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Mackey, Tim Ken ^a   Liang, Bryan A ^a   Kohler, Jillian C ^b   Attaran, Amir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Domain names; EHealth; Global health governance; Information technology; Internet

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH; INTERNET; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MARKETING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INTERNET; MARKETING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84897390567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3276     Document Type: Article

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