Medical information, health sciences librarians, and professional liability     

Hafner AW 《Special libraries》1990,81(4):305-308

As a gatekeeper to medical literature and a critical link in the delivery of information to physicians, the librarian's role raises the issue of the librarian's professional liability. The paper suggests several ways in which liability may attach to the librarian or the librarian's employers. Although the librarian's personal risk is negligible, the physician's exposure due to ineffective library work is substantial since the courts have held that a physician must keep abreast of progress in his field. Librarians can also become associated with professional liability actions as part of a case against a physician or hospital through the legal doctrine of vicarious liability. The paper concludes by suggesting several proactive steps for health sciences librarians to pursue to insulate themselves from professional liability and to insulate physicians and institutions from vicarious liability.  相似文献   

Risk management information for HIV infection     

Edwards AJ 《Medical reference services quarterly》1990,9(4):27-42

This article discusses HIV infection in terms of the risk manager's information needs in the health care environment. The malpractice problem, increasing workman's compensation suits, the greater role of the ombudsman, implementation of the National Practitioner Data Bank, and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations' (JCAHO) emphasis on clinical excellence are conditions which have given greater importance to the risk manager's position. Included in this article are hedges to retrieve various components of risk management and a select bibliography from AIDSLINE.  相似文献   

Lay information mediary behavior uncovered: exploring how nonprofessionals seek health information for themselves and others online          下载免费PDF全文

Jennie A. Abrahamson  Karen E. Fisher  Anne G. Turner  Joan C. Durrance    Tammara Combs Turner 《Medical Library and Historical Journal》2008,96(4):310-323

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The quiz factor          下载免费PDF全文

Klionsky DJ 《CBE life sciences education》2008,7(3):265-266

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Beautiful Evidence,by Edward R. Tufte. Cheshire,CT: Graphics Press, 2006. 213p. $52.00. ISBN 0-9613921-7-7.     

Terrence A. Brooks 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2008,34(1):84-85

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On the problem of determining a citation index of publications by Kazakh scientists     

V. A. Frolova  S. K. Khasenova  T. Sh. Kubieva  O. A. Rog 《Scientific and Technical Information Processing》2008,35(2):104-106

This paper discusses the evaluation of scientific activity with the help of some scientometric indices, in particular, a citation index. The information massif of the bibliographic database of citations to domestic publications of Kazakh authors is statistically described.  相似文献   

The role of metadata in the creation and application of information resources on the properties of substances and materials     

A. O. Yerkimbaev  V. Yu. Zitserman  G. A. Kobzev 《Scientific and Technical Information Processing》2008,35(6):247-255

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Key issues of the development of the information infrastructure and information support of innovation activities     

A. V. Suvorinov  A. V. Anyutin  V. S. Sokolovskaya  V. I. Fedorov 《Scientific and Technical Information Processing》2008,35(2):63-67

We consider some issues of the development of the national information infrastructure in the field of innovation, including a national system of accounting for the results of scientific and technical activities (RSTA) and a national new-generation research computer network (NNGRCN). The current state of the national system of scientific and technical information and its resources for information support of innovation processes are analyzed. In the context of further development of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), we propose a Conception of scientific and technical support for programs and projects of NIS member-states in the field of innovation, making it possible to incorporate the existing innovation-oriented information resources into a joint distributed integrated information system as well as to create new information resources and technologies.  相似文献   

Analysis and lessons learned instituting an instant messaging reference service at an academic health sciences library: the first year     

Kipnis DG  Kaplan GE 《Medical reference services quarterly》2008,27(1):33-51

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基于专利引文分析的时间线技术   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

孙涛涛  Steven A.Morris  黄亚明 《现代图书情报技术》2008,24(6):51-55

在对专利引文可视化技术现状进行分析的基础上,将基于引文分析的时间线技术运用到专利文献的可视化分析。详细阐述该技术的理论依据、设计思想,并用美国专利数据库中的DVD激光头专利进行技术应用,证明该技术能揭示专利文献中的技术热点及其发展演变,并挖掘关键技术。  相似文献