Aslib Proceedings: Volume 38 Issue 6/7
Table of contents
Information and the doctor
Richard VincentClincians spend much of their time manipulating information. Their diagnoses are made through a comparison between their knowledge of the body's behaviour in health and disease…
Medical statistics: overview
Michael AldersonThis paper begins with a discussion of definitions of certain terms to be used, and clarifies the scope of the presentation. It then turns to aspects of libraries and users to…
Morbidity statistics
John FryI am going to give you a really personal paper — personal because its based on my experiences, delving and fighting my way into the morass on morbidity data and all there is to…
The West German information policy: results of the first and plans for a second governmental programme
Robert AbbelThe Government of the Federal Republic of Germany was engaged upon formulating an information programme for the years 1985–1988 when I delivered this paper. (Since then the…
Information policy in the Netherlands
A. Van der LaanI am delighted to have this opportunity of speaking to you about the informatieverzorgingsbeleid (literally, policy for information provision). After a few general remarks and a…
La France — a‐t‐elle une politique de l'information?
Jean MeyriatJe vous entretiendrai de ce qui tient lieu en France de politique de l'information. Je pense en réalité qu'il s'agit plutôt d'une non‐politique de l'information et je vais tenter…
Appendix. Does France have an information policy? A summary in English
Pamela Mayorcas‐CohenThe lack of any policy on information in France can best be explained by first describing the infrastructure of the documentation sector in that country.
A note commenting on ‘Vocabulary control and information technology’ by Derek Austin
Harold BorkoIn the January 1986 issue of Aslib Proceedings, an article by Derek Austin entitled ‘Vocabulary control and information technology’ appeared. In this article, Austin quoted some…