-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Handbook of Research on Developments in e-Health and Telemedicine: Technological and Social Perspectives - Call for Papers Datum: Thu, 29 May 2008 08:54:49 +0100 Von: Manuela Cunha ehealth.and.telemedicine@gmail.com Antwort an: ehealth.and.telemedicine@gmail.com An: Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Handbook of Research on Developments in e-Health and Telemedicine: Technological and Social Perspectives

A book edited by M. Manuela Cunha, António Tavares and Ricardo Simões Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal

Proposals submission deadline: June 30, 2008

http://ehealth_and_telemedicine.ipca.pt ehealth.and.telemedicine@gmail.com

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Dear Professor

I trust this e-mail finds you well! We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the "Handbook of Research on Developments in e-Health and Telemedicine: Technological and Social Perspectives" within your field of expertise related to the handbook topics.

For your reference, we have attached the Call for Chapters, in PDF format, to this e-mail. The Call for Chapters explains, in detail, our objectives for this manuscript as well as suggests some possible topics to which you may wish to contribute. You are, however, not limited to these topics. Please feel free to add any topics that you think are critical issues in Enterprise Information Systems for Business Integration in SMEs.

You may also visit our project�s webpage, http://ehealth_and_telemedicine.ipca.pt, for more detailed information.

Should you accept this invitation, we kindly request that, on or before June 30, 2008, you submit via e-mail a one or two page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter.

Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by July 15, 2008 about the status of their proposals and will be sent chapter organization guidelines. Upon acceptance of your proposal, you will have until October 15, 2008, to prepare your chapter of 8,000-10,000 words and 7-10 related terms and their appropriate definitions. Guidelines for preparing your paper and terms and definitions will be sent to you upon acceptance of your proposal. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis.

The book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global http://www.igi-global.com, publisher of the Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference) and Medical Information Science Reference imprints in 2010.

Submissions should be forwarded electronically (Word document as attachment) to ehealth.and.telemedicine@gmail.com

Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the editors: ehealth.and.telemedicine@gmail.com.

We appreciate your consideration of this invitation and hope to hear from you soon!

Kind regards,

Maria Manuela Cunha, António Tavares & Ricardo Simões mcunha@ipca.pt, ajtavares@ipca.pt, rsimoes@ipca.pt

Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave School of Technology Urbanizacao Quinta da Formiga 4750 Barcelos Portugal Tel.: (+351) 253 802 260 Fax: (+351) 253 812 461