Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
ISBN: 978-1-85604-662-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
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 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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Professional Practice & Development
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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
