International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 78, Issue 10 , Pages 645-655 , October 2009

Junior physician's use of Web 2.0 for information seeking and medical education: A qualitative study

  • Benjamin Hughes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Information Systems, ESADE Business School, Av. Pederables 60-62, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 697 883393; fax: +34 932 048 105.
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  • Indra Joshi

      Affiliations

    • West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Watford WD18 0HB, UK
    • ,
  • Hugh Lemonde

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Barts and The London NHS trust, London E1 1BB, UK
    • ,
  • Jonathan Wareham

      Affiliations

    • Department of Information Systems, ESADE Business School, Av. Pederables 60-62, 08034 Barcelona, Spain

Received 11 February 2009 ,Revised 15 April 2009 ,Accepted 22 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.04.008

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 78, Issue 10 , Pages 645-655 , October 2009

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