Consumer health: A collaborative effort

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-358

  Daley, Christina ^a   Heltshe Steinhauer, Mary Ann ^b  

^a LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Hospice of Lancaster County   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Collection development; Consumer health information; Health Information Access Project; Medical libraries; National Network of Libraries of Medicine Middle Atlantic Region; Public libraries; Web portal development

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149114696     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15398280903340962     Document Type: Article

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