Social care informatics as an essential part of holistic health care: A call for action

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 544-554

  Rigby, Michael ^a   Hill, Penny ^b   Koch, Sabine ^c   Keeling, Debbie ^d  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Health; Holism; Informatics; Integrated care; Patient centric; Social care

Indexed keywords

CARERS; HOLISM; INFORMATICS; INTEGRATED CARE; PATIENT-CENTRIC; SOCIAL CARE;

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION;

HEALTH;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL CARE; WORKSHOP;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; EUROPE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; INFORMATICS;

EID: 79960058409     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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