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providing quality care. The links are current at the time of publication. They
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DISEASE
PROCESSES
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Alzheimer's
Disease |
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www.alz.org |
Alzheimer's
Association |
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www.aan.com |
American Academy of
Neurology |
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www.aagpgpa.org/ |
American Association for Geriatric
Psychiatry |
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www.aahsa.org/ |
American Association of Homes and Services for the
Aging |
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www.aarp.org/ |
American Association of Retired
Persons |
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www.americangeriatrics.org |
American Geriatrics
Society |
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www.ama-assn.org/ |
American Medical
Association |
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www.psych.org/ |
American Psychiatric
Association |
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www.asaging.org |
American Society on
Aging |
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www.caregiver.org |
Family Caregiver
Alliance |
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www.naela.org/ |
National Academy of Elder Law
Attorneys |
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www.ncoa.org |
National Council on the
Aging |
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www.parkinson.org |
National Parkinson Foundation,
Inc. |
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www.sfn.org/ |
Society for
Neuroscience |
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BIOTERRORISM |
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www.anthrax.osd.mil/ |
Department
of Defense Anthrax vaccination information page. |
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www.bt.cdc.gov/ |
Biorterrorism-
public health preparedness |
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www.ascp.com/public/pr//
flu/cold-flu-anthrax.pdf |
American
Society of Consultant Pharmacists. Page to determine whether
symptoms are the cold, flu or anthrax. |
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www.cdc.gov/phtn/ |
CDC
public health training network. Webcast programs on anthrax and
bioterrorism. Access to free video on anthrax |
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www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/
mmwrhtml/mm5041@2.htm |
Recognition
of illness associated with intentional release of a biologic agent |
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www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/
cipro/cipro_message.htm |
FDA
published information on treatment of inhalation anthrax with Cipro |
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CANCER |
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http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/ |
Cancer
Net |
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www.nci.nih.gov/ |
National
Cancer Institute |
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www.cancer.org |
American
Cancer Society |
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www.cancernews.com/ |
Latest
cancer information |
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www.acscsn.org |
Cancer
surviver's network |
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www.aicr.org |
American
Institute for Cancer |
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www.cancercare.org |
Cancer
Care nonprofit agency for free support, practical assistance to those with
cancer & their loved ones. |
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DIABETES |
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http://www.diabetes.org |
American Diabetes Association |
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http://www.aadenet.org |
American Association of Diabetes Educators |
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http://www.niddk.nih.gov |
The National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive &
Kidney Diseases |
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http://joslin.harvard.edu |
Joslin Diabetes Center |
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http://www.mayoclinic.com |
Mayo Clinic |
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http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes |
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention |
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HEART DISEASE |
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www.americanheart.org |
American Heart
Association |
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http://heartdisease.about.com/ |
Discusses tests,
treatments, CPR, women & heart disease, etc. |
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www.atCardiology.com/ |
Information about
specific cardiac diseases and symptoms |
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www.atEmergency.com/ |
Links to
information on MI, aneurysms, cardiac arrest, etc. |
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www.cardioguide.com/ |
Links to cardiac
disorders, symptoms, specialties, organizations, etc. |
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www.tchin.org/ |
About congenital
heart defects |
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www.heartinfo.org |
Information about
the cardiovascular system |
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www.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/ |
About the
National Cholesterol Education Program & preventing heart disease. |
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www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/cvd/ |
CDC's
cardiovascular health program & statistics |
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www.theheart.org/ |
Disseminates
information on treating & preventing heart disease to healthcare
professionals. Free registration required. |
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www.mendedhearts.org/ |
Offers help,
support, & encouragement to heart disease patients & their
families. Resource information on heart disease. |
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SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED DISEASES |
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www.webmd.com |
Questions
& answers about herpes |
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www.viridae.com |
Good
herpes information |
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www.herpeshelp.com |
GalloSmithKline
information |
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www.antopia.com |
Meeting
others with herpes |
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www.westoverheights.com |
Handbook
on herpes |
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www.ashastd.org |
Reading
materials on STD |
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www.diagnology.com |
POCkit
test |
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www.healthcheckusa.com |
Site
to order own testing materials |
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www.herpesdiagnosis.com |
Diagnosis
data |
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www.herpeshomepage.com |
Inexpensive
medications |
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GOVERNMENT LINKS
| http://www.nursingworld.org/
gova/index.htm |
Information
from ANA on state & federal legislation. |
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www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm |
CDC
National Vital Statistics System |
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www.cdc.gov/std |
CDC STD
home page & statistical information |
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www.hcfa.gov/ |
Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (Formerly HCFA) |
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www.access.gpo.gov/ |
Links to Federal Register, Congressional Record, Catalogue
of government documents, core documents of US Democracy, etc |
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www.osha.gov |
Occupational
Safety & Health Administration (information on standards, needlestick
prevention, ergonomics) |
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www.FirstGov.gov/ |
US
government portal to web sites (government organizations, Medicare,
home & community, nutrition, science, education, etc) |
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http://thomas.loc.gov/ |
U.S.
Congress Legislative Information (US House & Senate directories,
committees & reports, bills, etc.) |
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www.senate.gov/ |
U.S.
Senate Committee Information (Senators, committees &
legislative activities, schedules, contacting, etc) |
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www.who.int/ |
World Health Organization (diseases & weekly
epidemiology, ICD-10, emergencies, travelers health, etc) |
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www.house.gov/ |
US House of Representatives (Representatives, committees,
legislative process, congressional schedule, links to other governmental
web sites) |
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www.naco.org/ |
National Association of Counties |
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www.geocities.com/
CapitolHill/1389
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National City Government Resource Center |
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www.statelocal.gov/ |
US state & local government gateway (information on
health, laws, regulations, environment, etc.) |
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www.state.co.us/ |
Colorado State Homepage |
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www.state.co.us/gov_dir/
stateleg.html
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Colorado legislative information (officials, sessions,
calendar, ballot issues, reapportionment) |
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HEALTH
CARE
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www.aafp.org |
American Academy of Family
Physicians
--"Family Medicine Online," offering handouts
and other resources to patients and health care professionals, plus links
to other sites. |
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www.ama-assn.org/ |
American Medical
Association --A good place for patients to start a search for medical
information; check "AMA Health Insight" for a database ofU.S.
physicians |
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www.cdc.gov/ |
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
-Check under "Health Topics A-Z" for diseases,
injuries and disabilities, health risks, and prevention guidelines. |
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www.drkoop.org/ |
Dr Koop -
Information on health resources, health & wellness, health news,
medical encyclopedia, etc |
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www.healthatoz.com/ |
HealthAtoZ
a family oriented health site featuring women's &men's health,
parenting, health diaries,
etc |
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www.healthanswers.com/ |
HealthAnswers.com
from Orbis Broadcast Group, includes a list of health
organizations, health news, and a restricted section for health care
professionals; requires registration but no fee. |
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www.healthfinder.gov/ |
healthfinder®
from the U.S. government; this large searchable database has
links to Web sites, support groups, government agencies, not-for-profit
organizations that provide health care information for patients. |
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www.hon.ch/ |
Health on the Net
Not for profit Swiss site dedicated to providing useful & reliable
online medical & health information. Sets ethical standards for
medical web sites. |
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www.healthtouch.com |
Healthtouch Online-
from Medical Strategies, Inc., includes drug information, a
list of health care organizations and government agencies, health and
product information. |
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www.healthweb.org/ |
HealthWeb
from a group of librarians and information professionals at
academic medical centers in the Midwest U.S.; offers searchable database
of evaluated Web sites for patients and health care professionals. |
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www.intelihealth.com |
Intelihealth-from Johns Hopkins Health Library; contents include Johns
Hopkins Encyclopedia, Ask the Doc feature, and Quick Health Search. |
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www.healthinfonet.co.il/
new/news.htm
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Internet
Health Information |
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www.mayohealth.org/ |
Mayo Health Oasis-from the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research;
content includes articles, reports, books, and other resources. |
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www.medexplorer.com/ |
MedExplorer |
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www.medmatrix.org/ |
Medical
Matrix
includes journal articles, abstracts, reviews, conference
highlights, links to other major sources for health care professionals;
registration required butno fee. |
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www.medscape.com |
Medscape
includes articles, medical news, and quizzes; registration
required but no fee. |
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www.meducation.com/ |
Meducation
includes links to organizations, journals, med schools and
centers, news, educational software, medications, patient education, and
more. |
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www.miningco.com |
The Mining Company |
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www.nhic-nt.health.org/ |
National Health
Information Center
from the U.S. government; a health information referral
service, including extensive list of toll-free numbers for health
information, federal health information centers, plus a searchable
database. |
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www.nmmc.com/nmhc/
common/htm/library.htm
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North
Memorial Health Care's Medical Library
extensive lists of health information sites and health
journals online. |
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www.pcnet.com/~orphan |
National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc. (NORD)
this
federation of over 140 not-for-profit voluntary health organizations offers
a database of understandable medical information on rare diseases as well as
an online newsletter. |
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www.rarediseases.info.nih.gov/ord/ |
Office of Rare Diseases (ORD)
A site designed
by the National Institutes of Health for patients, health care providers,
and research investigators it includes information on over 6,000 rare
diseases, current research, and support groups. |
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www.onhealth.com |
onhealth
from
IVI Publishing, includes community health, news, nutrition and fitness,
alternative health, urgent care, and more. |
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www.wellweb.com |
Wellness Web The
Patient's Network--designed for patients, this site includes conventional as
well as complementary medicine, nutrition, and fitness. |
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HOLISTIC
HEALTH
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NURSING
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End Of Life |
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http://www.aacn.nche.edu/ELNEC |
The End of Life Nursing Education Consortium national
education program to improve end of life care by nurses |
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http://www.abcd-caring.org/ |
American for Better Care of the Dying. Information
network, encouragement & support for families coping with a fatal
illness |
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http://www.partnershipincaring.org |
Partnership In Caring, Inc fosters communication about
complex end-of-life decisions, provides advanced directives, counsels
patients, trains professionals, advocates for improved laws |
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http://www.
soros.org/death/index.htm |
Project on Death in America seeks to understand &
transform the culture & experience of dying & bereavement |
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http://www.choicesbank.org/
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This web site allows you
to create an advanced directive and then deposit into the internet
site where it can be viewed at any time. Users can choose the level of
privacy they want. |
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www.caringinfo.org. |
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s new consumer-focused
website,designed to improve care & caring at or near the end of life |
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www.LIVEpartners.org
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NHPCO is hosting a new website,
which provides community outreach tools and
resources for organizations promoting quality end-of-life care.
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WOUND CARE |
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www.woundcarenet.com |
Skin & wound
care |
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NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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PHARMACOLOGY
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Research
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RESOURCES
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CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES |
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http://www.guidelines.gov |
Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers their clinical guidelines on 19 topics and more... |
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http://www.amda.ab.ca/cpg |
Alberta Clinical Practice Guidelines on screening
& prevention, diagnosis & prediagnosis,& therapeutic &
palliative care |
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http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier |
Evidence-based medicine topics presented in bullet form,
screening & prevention, therapeutic & palliative care |
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http://www.cma.ca:80/cpgs |
Canadian Medical Association Inforbase Screening &
prevention, diagnosis & pre-diagnosis management & therapeutic &
palliative care. |
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http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/
pdqfull.html |
Cancer Net PDQ Cancer Information Summaries, Clinical
Practice Guidelines for screening prevention diagnosis & prediagnosis
management |
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http://wonder.cdc.gov/
wonder/prevguid/prevguid.shtml
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CDC Wonder Prevention Guidelines, screening & prevention |
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http://www.mamc.amedd.army.mil/
mil/Referal/index_rg.htm |
Madigan Army Medical Center Referral Guidelines, More than
250 CPGs for diagnoses requiring specialist referral |
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http://www.medmatrix.org/
_Spages/Practice_Guidelines.asp |
Medical Matrix, Meta-archive of CPG
archives |
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http://www.medscape.com |
Medscape Multispecialty Practice Guidelines (select Medical
resources, clinical management, then practice guidelines) requires free
registration |
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http://www.york.ac.uk/
inst/crd/list.htm |
National Health System Centre for Reviews &
Dissemination, Systematic reviews for screening, prevention, &
therapeutic care |
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http://medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/
guidelines/guide.html |
Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines, meta
archives for primary care guide |
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Evidence Based
Medicine |
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http://cebm.jr2.ox.ac.uk/
docs/otherebmgen.html |
Center for Evidence Based Medicine, Web pages of
organizations that provide evidence-based practice information |
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http://www.herts.ac.uk/lis/
subjects/health/ebm.htm |
Evidence Based Medicine, extensive list of evidence based
practice resources |
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http://text.nlm.nih.gov |
Health Services/ Technology Assessment Texts (HSTAT)
Search of many governemnt guidelines, protocols, consensus statements and
reports |
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http://www.mdchoice.com |
MDChoice, provides CPGs & links to related evidence
(free subscription required) |
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http://www.ebmny.org |
New York Academy of Medicine Evidence based Medicine
Resource Center, resources related to evidence based practice,
methods of establishing evidence based
practice |
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INDEXES |
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http://www.springnet.com/
CJP/CJP.CINAHL2.htm
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CINAHLDirect
indexes over 1200 nursing and allied health journals;
includes abstracts; search is free to members. Membership information
here. |
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http://igm.nlm.nih.gov |
Internet Grateful Med
Search Medline and other databases, including Aidsline,
Aidsdrugs, HealthSTAR, and more. |
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ |
Medline indexes over 4,000 biomedical journals; includes abstracts;
free
search. |
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http://www.springnet.com/rflicagr.htm |
RNdex-
indexes over 60 top nursing journals; includes
abstracts; free searches from this site. |
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http://www.merck.com/
!!tRDZU1yOZtRDZe1gpv/pubs/
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Merck
Manual available online |
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