Early adopters or laggards? Attitudes toward and use of social media among urologists

BJU International

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 491-497

  Fuoco, Michael ^a   Leveridge, Michael J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

education; medico legal; professional development; social media; urologic practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET PROTOCOL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIKERT SCALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; UROLOGIST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERNET; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UROLOGY; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL MEDIA; UROLOGY;

EID: 84922901652     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12855     Document Type: Article

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