Supporting creativity and appreciation of uncertainty in exploring geo-coded public health data

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-165

  Thew, Sarah L ^a   Sutcliffe, A ^a   De Bruijn, O ^a   McNaught, J ^b   Procter, R ^c   Jarvis, Paul ^d   Buchan, I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Northwest Institute for BioHealth Informatics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Epidemiology; Geographic information systems; Public health; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODING; CREATIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL CODING; CREATIVENESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATE MEDICINE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 80051707056     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME09-01-0070     Document Type: Article

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