Science and practice: A case for medical informatics as a local science of design

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 489-492

  Patel, Vimla L ^a   Kaufman, David R ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SCIENCE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCIENCE; THEORY;

EID: 0031743719     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1998.0050489     Document Type: Review

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