Evaluation of e-health services: User's perspective criteria

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 243-255

  Hamid, Alalwany ^a   Sarmad, Alshawi ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Health services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993027311     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506160810917945     Document Type: Article

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