An exploration of the potential of WWW current awareness services for oncology nurses

Electronic Library

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-53

  Fourie, Ina ^a   Claasen Veldsman, Retha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health services; Information services; Nurses; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SERVICES; NURSING; ONCOLOGY;

CURRENT AWARENESS SERVICES (CAS); HEALTH SERVICES; INFORMATION COMMUNICATION;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 33847096424     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470710729100     Document Type: Review

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