Medical science offers an increasing quantity and quality of information to at-risk groups, but too often people in a state of information poverty lack access to knowledge that would benefit them. Further, people may "know" what approach they should take to improve their health or other living condi
Data, information, knowledge: The emerging field of health informatics
โ Scribed by Prudence W. Dalrymple
- Publisher
- American Society for Information Science and Technology
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 188 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0095-4403
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