Online Communication Between Doctors and Patients in Europe: Status and Perspectives

• Main Authors: Santana, Silvina (Author), Lausen, Berthold (Author), Bujnowska-Fedak, Maria (Author), Chronaki, Catherine (Author), Kummervold, Per Egil (Author), Rasmussen, Janne (Author), Sorensen, Tove (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundUse of the Internet for health purposes is steadily increasing in Europe, while the eHealth market is still a niche. Online communication between doctor and patient is one aspect of eHealth with potentially great impact on the use of health systems, patient-doctor roles and relations and i...