Health Information on the Internet

A Study of Providers, Quality, and Users

AvRowena Cullen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

The accessibility of health information on the Internet has revolutionized access to clinical information for health practitioners and patients. This access to information has the potential to make a major contribution to health care. However, the effective use of this accessibility depends on an understanding of all the issues involved, from the underlying technologies and economic pressures, to questions of how best to manage quality and privacy, how people seek and use information, and what the barriers to its use are. Cullen's book also examines the extent of health information on the Internet, the providers of websites and their content, and outlines the nature of the paradigm shift affecting knowledge in the health sector.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-11-01
Mått:161 x 240 x 19 mm
Vikt:558 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780865693210

Utforska kategorier

Hälso- och sjukvård inom Medicin
Digital livsstil och datorspel inom Data och IT

Mer om författaren

Rowena Cullen is Associate Professor in the School of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington.

Recensioner i media

"Cullen brings together the knowledge of various disciplines contributing to the development of health information on the Internet to address in one place the scattered professional audiences for such information--health informaticians, librarians, doctors, nurses, Web content managers, health-care managers, and others. Cullen addresses information needs and behavior and information sources directed toward practitioners, patients, and their caregivers primarily in Western, English-speaking countries. The volume is not a webliography of best sources but rather focuses on research and theory: Topics include where and how health information is found online; issues related to quality; the needs of clinicians and the needs of patients, and how they can best be met; and the growth of telemedicine." - SciTech Book News

Innehållsförteckning

IllustrationsPreface1 Health Information on the Internet2 The Structures of Knowledge Related to Health Information on the Internet3 Accessing Health Information on the Internet4 Quality5 Physicians and Other Health Professionals' Use of the Internet6 Consumer Health Information on the Internet7 Telemedicine and Online Medical Services8 Future trends and challengesBibliographyIndex