Social media and palliative medicine: A retrospective 2-year analysis of global Twitter data to evaluate the use of technology to communicate about issues at the end of life

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 207-212

  Nwosu, Amara Callistus ^a   Debattista, Maria ^b   Rooney, Claire ^c   Mason, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL MEDIA; TERMINAL CARE;

HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL MEDIA; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84930400723     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2014-000701     Document Type: Article

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