Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title page; Contents; About the editors; List of contributors; Overview; Roles
  • problems or opportunities?; Team role theory and collaboration; Roles of the future; Part 1
  • Context; Part 2
  • Roles; Conclusion; References; Part 1 Context; 1 The changing context of health for library and information professionals; Introduction; THE HEALTH CONTEXT; Introduction
  • future changes in health care; Empowering patients and the public; The data deluge; Integrating health and social care
  • for better quality care; Implications for information providers; National and international perspectives.
  • HEALTH LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS IN EUROPEIntroduction; Information needs of clinicians leads to librarians in the clinic; Information needs of medical students leads to librarians as teachers; Information needs of nurses leads to librarians as consultants; Information needs of authors leads to librarians as referencemanagers; Information needs of researchers leads to librarians inscientometrics; Information needs of patients leads to identification and provision of patient information material by librarians; Conclusion; References; 2 Changes in information generation and use.
  • IntroductionCHANGES IN INFORMATION GENERATION AND USE: THE EFFECTS ON NHS LIBRARY STAFF ROLES; Changes in education of health staff; E-learning and social networking; Changes in publishing; Responding to change; TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CHANGE: HOW HEALTH LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS ARE SHAPING THE HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE; Introduction; What are the changes in HE?; From collection development to support; Resource discovery; Support and skills development; Conclusion; INFORMATION GENERATION AND USE: A PRIMARY CARE PERSPECTIVE; Introduction; Evidence for decision making in primary care.
  • The need for customer focusCHANGES IN INFORMATION GENERATION AND USE: REFLECTIONS ON THE EFFECTS ON ACADEMIC AND NHS INFORMATION SERVICES; References; 3 Changing technology to meet clinicians' information needs; Introduction; CLINICIANS' INFORMATION NEEDS; Clinical information resources and systems; Challenges for clinical information; The Map of Medicine
  • Joanna Dundon; 'Just-in-Time' question answering service
  • Jessie McGowan; Conclusion; References; 4 The influences of governance, consumers and evidence-based practice; Introduction.
  • WHAT DOES INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FOR CLINICAL GOVERNANCE INVOLVE?What is clinical governance?; Information management for clinical governance; Data standards and data quality; Improving clinical performance; Consent and confidentiality; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; The information practices of consumers; Where do women find information?; Use of technology; Information overload; Alternative viewpoints; Making sense of health information; Quality of information; Consumers' conclusion; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR HEALTH LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS; Introduction.