Internet as a Source of Health Information and its Perceived Influence on Personal Empowerment

International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1-18

  Paré, Guy ^a   Malek, Jean Nicolas ^a   Sicotte, Claude ^b   Lemire, Marc ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Health Information; Internet; Personal Health; Survey Methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001576971     PISSN: 15553396     EISSN: 1555340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jhisi.2009071001     Document Type: Article

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