Consumer health information demand and delivery: Implications for libraries

Bulletin of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-216

  Deering, Mary Jo ^a   Harris, John ^b  

^a Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion   (United States)

^b Reference Point Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; LIBRARIES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; ORGANIZATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029947819     PISSN: 00257338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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