Quality of information available via the internet for patients with head and neck cancer: are we improving?

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 272, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3499-3505

  Best, James ^a   Muzaffar, Jameel ^a   Mitchell Innes, Alistair ^a  

^a Yorkshire Training Rotation ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Internet; Patient information; Quality of information; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOLD STANDARD; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; READING; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEARCH ENGINE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; STANDARDS;

BENCHMARKING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEARCH ENGINE;

EID: 84942191640     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-014-3349-z     Document Type: Article

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