UNDERSTANDING HEALTHCARE INFORMATION

摘要

Focusing on the Western style and tradition of health care, this publication details the information chain associated with medical information. It looks at how and why materials are created, disseminated, organized,indexed, retrieved, and used in order to assist information professionals and others seeking health information.rnIn addition to health care being one of the most diverse information domains, Robinson reminds us that it is one of the oldest fields and one of the first to publish and organize its literature. A chronological review of the evolution of medical information from the ancient world to today is followed by an in-depth discussion of identifying both user information-seeking behavior and the user information needs of the large variety of health care consumers. The pleasant reminder to "know your audience" nudges readers to actually study their customers so they can best serve them.