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Community access to health information in Ireland

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Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
94 KB
Volume
16
Category
Article
ISSN
1471-1834

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✦ Synopsis

This paper is based on a research project conducted on consumer health information (CHI) in the Republic of Ireland, the results of which were published in a report entitled Well Read: Developing Consumer Health Information in Ireland. The paper describes the research methodology and the Irish experience in relation to CHI followed by a discussion of access problems, illustrated with examples from the special needs and primary care sectors. The role of information providers in relation to primary healthcare and libraries is examined briefly, and finally the main research conclusions and recommendations are highlighted.

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