Hi everyone again (sorry about that)
I have just looked at the thesaurus recommended by Edmund Lee and you would need a medical degree to use it!
Although we are developing a database to be used by GP's, we would also like it to be used by the public/carers, plus all health and social services professionals including reception staff who have to answer queries.
Hoping there is someone out there who can help!
Clair Drever
Development and Projects Officer
Libraries and Arts Service
Central Library
Phillimore Walk
LONDON, W8 7RX
Telephone: 020 7361 3060
Mobile: 07967 347 846
Fax: 020 7361 2976
-----Original Message-----
From: Clair Drever [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 3:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [FISH] Health and Social Services thesaurus
many thanks
Is there a jargon busting thesaurus!
Clair Drever
Development and Projects Officer
Libraries and Arts Service
Central Library
Phillimore Walk
LONDON, W8 7RX
Telephone: 020 7361 3060
Mobile: 07967 347 846
Fax: 020 7361 2976
-----Original Message-----
From: Lee, Edmund [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 2:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [FISH] Health and Social Services thesaurus
Hello Clair,
Interesting coincidence as I've just been looking through the UK
e-Government metadata standard. This refers to the Medical Subject Headings
Thesaurus (MeSH) avialable online for browsing at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html
This looks pretty comprehensive from a cursory inspection.
NB. no thesaurus is going to be 'Dublin Core' (DC) compliant. DC is a simple
metadata standard for describing books and book-like things (archives,
databases, web-pages etc). A thesaurus such as MeSH might be used to create
DC compliant records (e.g. to record the Subject of a work on health
services), but a thesaurus simply is a controlled vocabulary that might be
used in DC records, or in any number of other contexts.
I've not come across the Help for Health project.
Best of luck,
Edmund
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clair Drever [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 27 June 2003 14:18
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [FISH] Health and Social Services thesaurus
>
>
> Does anyone know of a Health and Social Services thesaurus?
> especially an online one and one that is compliant with
> Dublin Core and government metadata standards. I seem to
> remember there was a project called Help for Health that was
> developing one.
>
> many thanks
>
>
> Clair Drever
> Development and Projects Officer
> Libraries and Arts Service
> Central Library
> Phillimore Walk
> LONDON, W8 7RX
> Telephone: 020 7361 3060
> Mobile: 07967 347 846
> Fax: 020 7361 2976
>
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