Surfing for hip replacements: Has the "Internet Tidal Wave" led to better quality information

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Nassiri, Mujtaba ^a   Bruce Brand, Robert A ^a   O'Neill, Francis ^a   Chenouri, Shojaeddin ^b   Curtin, Paul T ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hip replacement; Information; Internet

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; DISCERN SCORE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GOVERNMENT; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERNET; JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION BENCHMARK CRITERIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; THR SPECIFIC CONTENT SCORE;

HIP REPLACEMENT; INFORMATION; INTERNET;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902763455     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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