Hospital clinicians' information behaviour and attitudes towards the 'Clinical Informationist': An Irish survey

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-32

  Flynn, Maura G ^a   McGuinness, Claire ^b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIBRARY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LIBRARIES, HOSPITAL; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79951477361     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2010.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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