2nd Edition
The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals
By Sydney Chellen
Copyright 2003
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Health and social care services are responsible for the delivery of skilled and high-quality care to their patients and clients. Nowhere are these objectives more important than in the fields of nursing, midwifery, radiography, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, health promotion, and social work. And one important quality standard in health care is evidence-based information and best practice.... Read more
Introduction Who should use this book? How is this book structured? Icons used, Conventions used, How to use this book, Some assumptions, What will you achieve? Overview of the units in this book. Unit 1 Health and the net- an overview Unit 2 Getting online Unit 3 The world Wide Web Unit 4 Finding health information on the Internet Unit 5 Communicating with other health professionals by e-mail Unit 6 Joining health discussion groups, mailing lists etc Unit 7 The gateway to free health and medical resources Unit 8 Publishing on the World Wide Web Unit 9 Online help with your health studies and job search; Twelve big questions and answers.
Biography
Sydney S. Chellen is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health, Canterbury Christ Church University College. He currently leads information technology teaching for students on diploma, degree and other postgraduate programmes.
Viewed against such exacting standards I have to concede, albeit reluctantly, that this book passes the test –almost with flying colours. The author, a senior lecturer at Christ Church College, Canterbury, introduces a wide range of educational uses of the internet, from getting online and searching for information to creating your own web pages. Andrew Booth Healthmatters
