Information overload: Implications for healthcare services

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 112-117

  Wilson, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

email; Information overload; information technology; management; managerialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990348579     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146045820100700210     Document Type: Article

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