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The health system and medical information services in the Sultanate of Oman

✍ Scribed by MUHAMMAD ASLAM BHATTI; SYED MOHAMMAD TARIQ

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Weight: 588 KB
Volume: 10
Category: Article
ISSN: 1471-1834
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2532.1993.1010031.x

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✦ Synopsis

After outlining the geographic, social and economic background of the Sultanate of Oman, this paper describes its health‐care system and the role of the Ministry of Health and of Sultan Qaboos University in the development of the health information services. It recommends the establishment of a consortium of biomedical libraries with the co‐operation of the Ministry, the University and the regional ofice of WHO to improve resource sharing and to provide a cost‐effective document delivery system throughout the Gulf region.

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