Blurred lines: The General Medical Council guidance on doctors and social media

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 219-222

  Cork, Nick ^a   Grant, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GMC; Good medical practice; Professionalism; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINE; PROFESSIONALISM; SOCIAL MEDIA; MOBILE APPLICATION; PHYSICIAN;

HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85014077724     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.16-3-219     Document Type: Review

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