Expert View, HIMSS EMEA Web site (8 Jan 08):
http://emea.himss.org/default.asp
http://emea.himss.org/news/expertviews.asp

A PDF copy is also available here.

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Kamel Boulos MN, Hetherington L, Wheeler S. Second Life: an overview of the potential of 3-D virtual worlds in medical and health education. Health Information and Libraries Journal. 2007;24(4):233–245 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=18005298 - visit the paper’s companion online resource at http://healthcybermap.org/sl.htm

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