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Cybermedicine : how computing empowers doctors and patients for better care /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Slack, Warner V., 1933-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2001]
Edition:	Revised and updated edition.
Subjects:	Medical Informatics Applications. Physician-Patient Relations. Practice Management, Medical.

Table of Contents:

Pt. 1. Cybermedicine and the patient
Providing information to patients
Patient-computer dialogue
Cybermedicine as a patient's assistant
Cybermedicine in psychology and psychiatry
The patient on-line
Pt. 2. Cybermedicine and the clinician
Cybermedicine in the hospital
Cybermedicine in the care of the patient
How well does it work?
The clinician on-line
Confidentiality
Pt. 3. Modern times
Barriers to cybermedicine
The importance of being ernst
New horizons.