Description: Further DetailsTitle: Understanding Healthcare InformationCondition: NewEAN: 9781856046626ISBN: 9781856046626Publisher: Facet PublishingFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/14/2010Description: In an age of internet resource guides, which suffer from the malaise of being outdated before they are published, this much-needed publication addresses the information chain in its entirety, offering a timeless method of understanding healthcare information resources. The author takes a holistic approach in her consideration of healthcare information, with the aim of building an overall understanding of it within the information society. The text analyses the domain of healthcare information, its organizational structures and history, and the nature of its resources and the drivers for change affecting them. It looks at examples of healthcare information resources from the perspective of different user groups, including healthcare professionals and consumers, and goes on to highlight areas of research into healthcare information, including evaluation studies, user and impact studies, bibliometrics, metadata and Web 2.0. The key areas covered are:the healthcare information domainthe history of healthcare and its information environmentproducers and users of healthcare informationhealthcare information organizationhealthcare information sources, services and retrievalhealthcare information and knowledge management. Readership: This book is written primarily for students of library and information science (LIS), studying either at masters or advanced undergraduate level, and also for practising information professionals and specialists who want to develop their knowledge and bring their skills up to date. It will also be of interest to anyone working in the field of library and information science wishing to understand healthcare information, especially public librarians, who are increasingly called on to advise on health resources, as well as anyone interested in ‘healthcare literacy’.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 233mmItem Length: 157mmItem Width: 18mmItem Weight: 177gAuthor: Lyn RobinsonContributor: David Bawden (Series edited by)Genre: Language & ReferenceBook Series: Foundations of the Information SciencesTopic: MedicineType: TextbookRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Understanding Healthcare Information
Title: Understanding Healthcare Information
EAN: 9781856046626
ISBN: 9781856046626
Release Date: 04/14/2010
Release Year: 2010
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Contributor: David Bawden (Series edited by)
Genre: Language & Reference
Series: Foundations of the Information Sciences
Topic: Medicine
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Name: Understanding Healthcare Information
Language: English
Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Incorporated
Subject: Health Care Delivery, Library & Information Science / General, Library & Information Science / Administration & Management
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 6.3 Oz
Author: Lyn Robinson
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines, Medical
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
