Health information for the consumer: NHS vs the BBC

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-67

  Huntington, Paul ^a   Nicholas, David ^a   Jamali, Hamid R ^a   Russell, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b eDigitalResearchcom   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health education; Information media; Information research; National Health Service

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; HEALTH; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SURVEYS; WEBSITES;

HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INFORMATION; INFORMATION MEDIA; INFORMATION RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 33846429684     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530710725205     Document Type: Article

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