Health information needs of visually impaired people: A systematic review of the literature

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-24

  Beverley, C A ^a   Bath, P A ^b   Booth, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug labelling; Health promotion; Health service needs and demand; Information needs; Meta analysis; Review literature; Visually impaired persons

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 1542707302     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2004.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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