A grounded theory guided approach to palliative care systems design

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 76, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages S141-S148

  Kuziemsky, Craig E ^a   Downing, G Michael ^b   Black, Fraser M ^b   Lau, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Victoria Hospice Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Information management; Ontology; Palliative care; Systems design

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ONTOLOGY;

GROUNDED THEORY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PALLIATIVE INFORMATION SOURCES; SEVERE PAIN MANAGEMENT;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 34247194267     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.05.034     Document Type: Article

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