Communication gap between health professionals and patients on anticoagulant therapy in the WhatsApp era

Pai Ching Yu; Bruno Caramelli

doi:10.1590/0004-282X20180139

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2018; 76(12): 805-806
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20180139

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Communication gap between health professionals and patients on anticoagulant therapy in the WhatsApp era

Comunicação deficiente entre profissionais de saúde e pacientes sobre o tratamento anticoagulante na era do WhatsApp

Pai Ching Yu

¹Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto do Coração, São Paulo SP, Brasil.

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Bruno Caramelli

¹Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto do Coração, São Paulo SP, Brasil.

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