Second Life: An overview of the potential of 3-D virtual worlds in medical and health education

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 233-245

  Boulos, Maged N Kamel ^a   Hetherington, Lee ^a   Wheeler, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIBRARY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIBRARIES, DIGITAL; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 36148951798     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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