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Informationen zum Autor Lyn Robinson Klappentext Takes a holistic approach in its consideration of healthcare information with the aim of building an overall understanding of healthcare information within the information society. This book looks at examples of healthcare information resources from the perspective of different user groups! including healthcare professionals and consumers. "This is highly recommended for any academic or medical library. Librarians will also find this book to be a scholarly addition to their professional collections." - Collection Building "Understanding Healthcare Information is a necessary prescription to overcome the built-in inertia in the information-related behaviour of healthcare workers. This essential text for information providers in the healthcare sector also includes comprehensive bibliographic and electronic links." - Library Review Zusammenfassung Analyses the domain of healthcare information, its organizational structures and history, and the nature of its resources and the drivers for change affecting them. This title looks at examples of healthcare information resources from the perspective of different user groups, including healthcare professionals and consumers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The healthcare information audience Information science and domain analysis Outline of the book References Further reading Our website 1. The healthcare information domain Introduction Nature of the discipline Nature of healthcare knowledge Structures and institutions Drivers for change Conclusion References Further reading 2. History of healthcare and its information environment Introduction The ancient world The classical world The medieval world Renaissance and Enlightenment The 19th century to the present day Conclusion References Further reading 3. Producers and users of healthcare information Introduction Producers of healthcare information Users of healthcare information Conclusions References Further reading 4. Healthcare information organization Introduction Organizing healthcare information: overview Dictionaries and glossaries Classifications and taxonomies Subject headings and thesauri Meta-vocabularies Abstracting and indexing of healthcare information Conclusion References Further reading 5. Healthcare information sources, services and retrieval Introduction Primary sources Secondary sources Tertiary sources Quaternary sources Conclusion References Further reading 6. Healthcare information and knowledge management Introduction Healthcare libraries and information services Managing healthcare information Providing healthcare information Standards, evaluation and impact Conclusion References Further reading Afterword Keeping up to date ...
