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New opportunities for NHS librarians and information scientists

✍ Scribed by J. MICHAEL BRITTAIN; JENNIFER MacDOUGALLt

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
879 KB
Volume
10
Category
Article
ISSN
1471-1834

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✦ Synopsis

The recent fundamental transformation in government policy on the National Health Service has far‐reaching implications for all types of health‐care information provision and use. This paper highlights the new opportunities, as well as the major issues, these developments have generated.

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