Consumer Health Informatics: Informing Consumers and Improving Health Care

To help healthcare professionals adapt to a patient population with multiple sources of health information, this guide offers a comprehensive look at the expanding science of consumer health informatics. Focusing on topics such as patient empowerment, consumers' health vocabulary, and delivery and quality of information, the guide examines the implications of widely available information for the healthcare profession and for patients. Annotation © 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR