Flake D B
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1986 Jan;74(1):6-11.
This paper provides an overview of the National Health Service in England, including its history, its present structure, and factors that make it different from the U.S. health care system. The NHS libraries and librarians are discussed. The NHS is divided into fourteen regions in England. Three specific NHS libraries in the Wessex region are described--a hospital library, an administrative library, and a patient education library. The problems and accomplishments of NHS librarians are discussed, as well as some similarities between NHS libraries and U.S. medical libraries. Medical librarians are urged to try to understand the medical library scene in England, so that they can Learn from the unique strengths of their counterparts there.
本文概述了英国国家医疗服务体系,包括其历史、当前结构以及使其有别于美国医疗保健系统的因素。文中讨论了英国国家医疗服务体系的图书馆和馆员。英国国家医疗服务体系在英格兰分为14个地区。文中描述了韦塞克斯地区的三个特定的英国国家医疗服务体系图书馆——一个医院图书馆、一个行政图书馆和一个患者教育图书馆。文中讨论了英国国家医疗服务体系馆员面临的问题和取得的成就,以及英国国家医疗服务体系图书馆与美国医学图书馆之间的一些相似之处。敦促医学馆员努力了解英国的医学图书馆情况,以便他们能够借鉴那里同行的独特优势。