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The National Patient Library: Evidence-based Information for Consumers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Jeffrey C. Lerner
Jeffrey C. Lerner
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ECRI
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Abstract

A National Patient Library, a public/private partnership, is proposed to identify and vet information for consumers. Library staff will help tailor general information to consumers' specific needs. The library includes an electronic network. The principal focus of the library's information is controversial and experimental procedures, Pharmaceuticals, and medical devices.

Type
Special Section: The Consumer And Technology
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , Winter 1998 , pp. 81 - 96
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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