Roth B G
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1978 Jan;66(1):14-8.
Libraries today, including most hospital-based patients' libraries, are involved only peripherally in providing patient health science information. Hospital libraries should collaborate with health professionals in getting health information to patients--along with the library's more traditional roles of providing recreational reading for patients and serving the informational needs of the physician and medical staff. The library should act as the center for educational materials and programs within the hospital. Many health agencies, health educators, physicians, and librarians have been discussing the need for patient health education, but there are few effectively organized or established education centers. This paper discusses an overview of patient health education and intellectural freedom, proposes a new role for the existing hospital library in patient health education, and suggests guidelines for establishing a patient education center.
如今的图书馆，包括大多数医院的患者图书馆，在提供患者健康科学信息方面仅处于边缘地位。医院图书馆应与健康专业人员合作，将健康信息传递给患者，同时履行图书馆更传统的职责，如为患者提供休闲读物，满足医生和医护人员的信息需求。图书馆应成为医院内教育材料和项目的中心。许多健康机构、健康教育工作者、医生和图书馆员一直在讨论患者健康教育的必要性，但有效的组织或既定的教育中心却很少。本文概述了患者健康教育和知识自由，提出了现有医院图书馆在患者健康教育中的新角色，并给出了建立患者教育中心的指导方针。
