The patients' library movement: An overview of early efforts in the United States to establish organized libraries for hospital patients

Bulletin of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-62

  Panella, Nancy Mary ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL; LIBRARY; PATIENT; REVIEW;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; LIBRARIES, HOSPITAL; LIBRARY SERVICES; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIETIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029869776     PISSN: 00257338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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