The information Rx

The information Rx

Collection:
NLM Publications and Productions
Series Title(s):
James Cassedy memorial lecture
Contributor(s):
Tomes, Nancy, 1952-
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Publication:
[Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 2009
Language(s):
English
Format:
Moving image
Subject(s):
Consumer Health Information
Access to Information
Health Services
Physicians
Genre(s):
Lecture
Abstract:
(Producer) Why do we now have Zagat's guides not just to restaurants but to doctors? This talk puts the Zagat's guide to doctors in broad historical perspective by surveying the health information revolution from a patient's point of view. It offers a history of information sources designed to help patients make better health care choices. The proliferation of consumer-oriented information sources over the last fifty years has been shaped by the complex and sometime contradictory imperatives of health services research, health care marketing, and patient-consumer movements. This presentation seeks to explain why the "information Rx" has proven difficult to implement, in the hope that a historical perspective may help shape better solutions for the future.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
083 min.
Color:
Color
Sound:
Sound
Provenance:
Received: July 10, 2009; transfer; from Stephen Greenberg, public services librarian, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine.
Technique:
Live action
NLM Unique ID:
101510773 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
436259070
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101510773