Health information science
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چکیده
The communication of information is fundamental to healthcare. In pre-history, knowledge and skills were passed from healer to apprentice by talking and example. Early cuneiform writing on clay tablets record some medical techniques and remedies. In more recent times, medical books have documented an accumulating human knowledge. Currently, journals, magazines, books, proceedings and pamphlets deliver a daily avalanche of written healthcare information, while audio and video tapes, radio, television, CD-ROM, video-discs and films produce a mountain of audio-visual material.
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