Practice Paper of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Social Media and the Dietetics Practitioner: Opportunities, Challenges, and Best Practices

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1825-1835

  Helm, Janet ^a   Jones, Regan Miller ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; DIETETICS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NUTRITION; OCCUPATION; PATENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEER GROUP; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONALISM; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; DIETITIAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; DIETETICS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONISTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84994888215     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2016.09.003     Document Type: Article

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