患者と家族への医療情報支援 : 医療機関の立場での考察

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A medical information service started in December 2002 at "KOYAMA Bunko (Library)" in a separate room in the staff library of Tochigi Cancer Center. The KOYAMA Bunko holds about 500 books and magazines for medicine and/or cancer patient care, an internet terminal and a visual audio system for its own purpose. A retired cancer surgeon and several civilian volumteers attend two days a week to the patients and/or their families. The KOYAMA Bunko primarily aims to help clients in finding suitable information from literature in this special library. One hundred and fifty-nine clients visited the KOYAMA Bunko" from December 2002 to July 2003. During this period, in addition to the ordinary information service, copy service of more professional medical literature in the stuff library (7cases), internet exploration for necessary information (15 times) and counseling (25 times) were offered by the doctor. The counseling were very much appreciated by patients who were firstly informed of definite diagnosis, ones who were required to give informed consent to their treatment methods and ones who were told about the cancer recurrence.
日本看護図書館協会の論文
2004-03-20