Different information needs of emergency department staff: Getting relevant evidence from a clinical librarian program

Journal of Hospital Librarianship

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 35-52

  Lappa, Evagelia ^a,b,c  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clinical librarianship; Emergency medicine; Emergency nursing; Evidence based medicine; Hospital emergency service; Hospital libraries; Information dissemination; Information management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870014087     PISSN: 15323269     EISSN: 15323277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J186v04n03_04     Document Type: Article

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