A Women's Resource Center in a Rural Setting

ABSTRACT

Many health care consumers have become their own advocates in seeking information. In search of health information, consumers' choices vary -from the Internet, the news media, national and local associations, the public and health sciences libraries, to a growing number of consumer health libraries. To meet consumers' needs for reliable and current health information, the former Geisinger Health System developed the Women's Resource Center at the Geisinger Medical Center, a 548 bed teaching hospital in central Pennsylvania.

Key Words:

• Women's health
• women's resource center
• consumer health information