Understanding Healthcare Information

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

"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."

• 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 retrievalIntroduction 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