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Peer reviewedBowker, Geoffrey C. – Information Processing & Management, 1996
Explores ways of writing the history of information infrastructures. Describes the historical development of the information infrastructure of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a universal medical classification system. Discusses changing medical information needs and the ICD's advancements in information technology and…
Descriptors: Classification, Diseases, History, Information Needs
