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Lyn Robinson - Understanding Healthcare Information - 9781856046626 - V9781856046626
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Understanding Healthcare Information

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Description for Understanding Healthcare Information Paperback. 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. Series: Foundations of the Information Sciences. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GLM; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.

In an age of internet resource guides, which suffer from the malaise of being outdated before they are published, this much-needed publication addresses the information chain in its entirety, offering a timeless method of understanding healthcare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 ... Read more

  • the healthcare information domain
  • the history of healthcare and its information environment
  • producers and users of healthcare information
  • healthcare information organization
  • healthcare information sources, services and retrieval
  • healthcare 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’.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Facet Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Foundations of the Information Sciences
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781856046626
SKU
V9781856046626
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Lyn Robinson
Lyn Robinson is Programme Director for Library and Information Science at City University London. She is author of numerous papers and published presentations, and has written two books, including Facet's Introduction to Information Science

Reviews for Understanding Healthcare Information
"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 ... Read more

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