Pandora's electronic box: GPs reflect upon email communication with their patients
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Pandora's electronic box: GPs reflect upon email communication with their patients.
BACKGROUND Global access to information technology has increased dramatically in the past decade, with electronic health care changing medical practice. One example for general practitioners (GPs) is communication with patients via electronic mail (email). GPs face issues regarding e-communication with patients, including how and when it should it be used. OBJECTIVE The study aims were to ass...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics
سال: 2005
ISSN: 2058-4563,2058-4555
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v13i3.597