The information needs and information seeking behaviour of family doctors: a selective literature review

✍ Scribed by Sue Lacey Bryant

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 269 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1471-1834
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2532.2000.00272.x

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

General practitioners play a central role in primary care. Clinical Governance and advances in Information and Communications Technology dominate the agenda for change. The aim of this literature review is to indicate publications that have made a significant contribution to understanding of the information wants, needs, behaviour and preferences of family physicians and to identify areas in which there is scope for further research. Concentrating on material published in the 1990s, this review looks at the information needs of family doctors and at their information seeking behaviour. Work on the needs of General Medical Practices and of Primary Care Groups is included. The review discusses studies of information gatekeepers and projects intended to augment access to information services. A few texts are recommended as essential reading.