Consumer Health Informatics: Informing Consumers and Improving Health Care

by Deborah Lewis

Book Overview

According to the Pew Foundation's "Internet in American Life Study," over 60 million Americans per year use the Internet to search for health information. All those concerned with healthcare and how to obtain personally relevant medical information form a large additional target group

Many Medical Informatics programs-both in the United States and abroad-include a course in Consumer Health Informatics as part of their curriculum. This book,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038723991X
• ISBN13: 9780387239910
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.4"