Utilizing social networks, blogging and YouTube in allergy and immunology practices

Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1065-1068

  Dimov, Ves ^a   Eidelman, Frank ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

allergic rhinitis; allergy; asthma; Facebook; immunology; social media; social network; technology; Twitter; YouTube

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONALISM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEARCH ENGINE; SOCIAL NETWORK; BLOGGING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; ETHICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; BLOGGING; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84942098975     PISSN: 1744666X     EISSN: 17448409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/1744666X.2015.1065731     Document Type: Review

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