title: Physician-patient electronic communications.
abstract: Patients who do not have adequate access to their physicians may feel isolated from decisions concerning their medical treatment and care and believe they have been abandoned to an impersonal health care system. Some physicians are addressing these concerns by adopting new technologies such as e-mail communication. The authors discuss some of the promises and challenges unique to physician-patient electronic communication.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jeffords
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scheidt
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Thibadoux
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations