Medical libraries and medical research

Medical libraries in hospitals.

THE Sheffield Regional Hospital Board acting on the recommendation of its Medical Committee considered that it was necessary to establish an adequate library service for medical and dental staff in the Regional Hospitals and decided, in September 1963, to set up a Working Party to examine the whole question and make recommendations. Each of the five main clinical areas in the Region was asked t...

Data Mining Medical Digital Libraries

Given the exponential growth rate of medical data and the accompanying biomedical literature, more than 10,000 documents per week (Leroy et al., 2003), it has become increasingly necessary to apply data mining techniques to medical digital libraries in order to assess a more complete view of genes, their biological functions and diseases. Data mining techniques, as applied to digital libraries,...

Acceptability of Medical Digital Libraries

Evidenced-based medicine has increased the importance of quick accessibility to reputable, up-to-date information. Web accessible digital libraries (DLs) on the wards can address the demand for such information. The use and acceptability of these resources has, however, been lower than expected due to a poor understanding of the context of use. To appreciate the social and organisational impact...

Medical treatment, medical research and informed consent.

Medical Hypotheses and Research

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FATTY LIVER and sudden death has long been suspected, particularly in forensic pathology, but its pathogenic mechanisms remain elusive. This report describes several cases of fatty liverassociated sudden death in connection with extensive right ventricular fatty replacement. On the basis of the findings described in this study, it is hypothesized that extensive fatty rep...