| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 183 pages) : illustrations |
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Title page; Contents; About the editors; List of contributors; Overview; Roles -- problems or opportunities?; Team role theory and collaboration; Roles of the future; Part 1 -- Context; Part 2 -- Roles; Conclusion; References; Part 1 Context; 1 The changing context of health for library and information professionals; Introduction; THE HEALTH CONTEXT; Introduction -- future changes in health care; Empowering patients and the public; The data deluge; Integrating health and social care -- for better quality care; Implications for information providers; National and international perspectives |
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HEALTH LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS IN EUROPEIntroduction; Information needs of clinicians leads to librarians in the clinic; Information needs of medical students leads to librarians as teachers; Information needs of nurses leads to librarians as consultants; Information needs of authors leads to librarians as referencemanagers; Information needs of researchers leads to librarians inscientometrics; Information needs of patients leads to identification and provision of patient information material by librarians; Conclusion; References; 2 Changes in information generation and use |
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IntroductionCHANGES IN INFORMATION GENERATION AND USE: THE EFFECTS ON NHS LIBRARY STAFF ROLES; Changes in education of health staff; E-learning and social networking; Changes in publishing; Responding to change; TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CHANGE: HOW HEALTH LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS ARE SHAPING THE HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE; Introduction; What are the changes in HE?; From collection development to support; Resource discovery; Support and skills development; Conclusion; INFORMATION GENERATION AND USE: A PRIMARY CARE PERSPECTIVE; Introduction; Evidence for decision making in primary care |
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The need for customer focusCHANGES IN INFORMATION GENERATION AND USE: REFLECTIONS ON THE EFFECTS ON ACADEMIC AND NHS INFORMATION SERVICES; References; 3 Changing technology to meet clinicians' information needs; Introduction; CLINICIANS' INFORMATION NEEDS; Clinical information resources and systems; Challenges for clinical information; The Map of Medicine -- Joanna Dundon; 'Just-in-Time' question answering service -- Jessie McGowan; Conclusion; References; 4 The influences of governance, consumers and evidence-based practice; Introduction |
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WHAT DOES INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FOR CLINICAL GOVERNANCE INVOLVE?What is clinical governance?; Information management for clinical governance; Data standards and data quality; Improving clinical performance; Consent and confidentiality; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; The information practices of consumers; Where do women find information?; Use of technology; Information overload; Alternative viewpoints; Making sense of health information; Quality of information; Consumers' conclusion; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR HEALTH LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS; Introduction |
| Summary |
This timely edited collection examines the evolving role of health professionals and explores the role they play in the context of where they work |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Medical libraries.
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Medical libraries -- Reference services.
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Information retrieval.
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Information Dissemination -- methods
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Information Management -- trends
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Librarians
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Libraries, Medical -- organization & administration
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Libraries, Medical -- trends
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Professional Role
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Libraries, Medical
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Information Storage and Retrieval
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information retrieval.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- Archives & Special Libraries.
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Information retrieval
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Medical libraries
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Medical libraries -- Reference services
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Bibliotheksorganisation
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Management
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Medizinische Bibliothek
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brettle, Alison
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Urquhart, Christine
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| ISBN |
9781856049030 |
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1856049035 |
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9781299277939 |
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1299277934 |
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