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In an age of internet resource guides, which suffer from the malaise of being outdated before they are published, this much-needed publication addresses the information chain in its entirety, offering a timeless method of understanding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