Information and the Practice of Medicine: Report of the Medical Information Review Panel

摘要

The Medical Information Review Panel consisted of a group of doctors, established and supported for two years by the British Library Research and Development Department. It met six times and set up two working parties which met three times each. In order to provide the Department with information on which to base its program of research in medical information, the Review Panel discussed gaps and overlaps in information provision for doctors, factors affecting the use and non-use of information, whether material for doctors in various branches in medicine was provided in the right format and the right place, and whether information services were reaching those most in need. The report reviews the Panel's discussions and conclusions, and make recommendations. Topics discussed are grouped together in chapters on the profession's information needs, medical libraries, drug information services, continuing medical education, ways of stimulating information use by doctors and the application of new technology to medical information. A summary draws some conclusions and all recommendations, whether for research or action, are listed separately. (Copyright (c) The British Library Board, 1981.)