The perioperative librarian: Luxury or necessity?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 585-589

  Kurup, Viji ^a   Hersey, Denise ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Information storage and retrieval; Librarians; Medical informatics; Perioperative care

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION STORAGE; LIBRARIAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LIBRARIANS; LIBRARY SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 35948971409     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3282f172bd     Document Type: Review

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