Ethical issues surrounding the use of information in health care

Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-80

  Jayasundara, Chaminda Chiran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Healthcare information; Medical information; Medical librarians; Patients information

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645784885     PISSN: 13946234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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