Library collection of the psychosocial publications in consultation-liaison psychiatry.
Psychiatric oncology is a relatively new area, and few comprehensive reviews of related subject matter are available. Thus, the psychiatrists at North Carolina Memorial Hospital who provide liaison to oncology saw the need for a collection of pertinent psychiatric oncology materials that could be studied by faculty, residents, and staff. Such materials would be valuable for patient consultation, lecture preparation, and research background. Their bibliography and library system are discussed here, with a description of the methods of its compilation. The unique features are referenced materials are filed in a centrally available location (departmental library), so that readers have immediate access to them, and bibliographic entries are stored in a small computer in the library, and can be retrieved by topic, title, author. The file currently holds over 340 articles, and is continuously updated. It has been extensively utilized by professionals in this tertiary care teaching hospital as well as in programs across the state.
D001634:Bibliographies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D011570:Psychiatry; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014481:United States