site URL - http://www.nap.edu/books/0309036925/html/
Site description: Symposium proceedings of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences in 1985. Discusses the human and environmental consequences in detail of nuclear war.
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| Previous 10 | Cybercast News Service - "Befriend a Vet for Access to Lethal Drugs, Euthanasia Activist Suggests" | http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=%5CForeignBureaus%5Carchive%5C200304%5CFOR20030416b.html Cybercast News Service - "Befriend a Vet for Access to Lethal Drugs, Euthanasia Activist Suggests" | Top/Society/Issues/End-of-Life/Right_to_Die/People/Nitschke,_Philip Nitschke suggests that the terminally ill obtain lethal medication from veterinarians. |
| Previous | Wounded Warrior Hospital Fund | http://www.woundedwarriorhospitalfund.org/ Wounded Warrior Hospital Fund | Top/Society/Issues/Warfare_and_Conflict/Specific_Conflicts/Iraq/Military/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom_-_US Purchases and delivers quality-of-life items for soldiers wounded or injured in Iraq and Afghanistan and evacuated to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany. Includes photo galleries and information how to contribute. |
| Random 1 | O'Connor Hospital | http://www.oconnorhospital.org O'Connor Hospital | Top/Health/Medicine/Facilities/Hospitals/North_America/United_States/California Offers a full range of acute care medical services to Santa Clara County communities. San Jose. |
| Random 2 | Antioxidants may blunt cholesterol drugs | http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/08/10/vitamins.cholesterol.ap/index.html Antioxidants may blunt cholesterol drugs | Top/News/Online_Archives/CNN.com/2001/August/Health [CNN] |
| Random 3 | Smithlawn Home | http://www.door.net/smithlawn Smithlawn Home | Top/Home/Family/Adoption/Agencies/S Provides non-profit licensed maternity and adoption services for expectant mothers during unplanned pregnancy. Includes: shelter, counseling, medical, education, and recreation. |
| Random 4 | Escitalopram - FamilyDoctor.org | http://www.familydoctor.org/cgi-bin/multum.pl?op=GetLeaflet&id=44668&name=Lexapro Escitalopram - FamilyDoctor.org | Top/Health/Pharmacy/Drugs_and_Medications/E/Escitalopram Information about Lexapro, for consumers. In English or Spanish. |
| Random 5 | Bacterial Endocarditis | http://www.csun.edu/~hcmth011/chaser/article2.html Bacterial Endocarditis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cardiovascular_Disorders/Heart_Disease/Endocarditis Ernest G. Brookfield, M.D.(pediatrics) discusses this disease, what it is and what the causes are, complications, symptoms, tests and prevention. |
| Next | International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) | http://www.ippnw.org/ International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) | Top/Society/Issues/Warfare_and_Conflict/Weapons/Nuclear/Disarmament_Activism/Organizations Global federation of medical organizations dedicated to the prevention of nuclear war. IPPNW received the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. Also work on issues of land mines, small arms and light weapons, developing world debt, and chemical and biological weapons. |
| Next 10 | Detailed Chemical Factsheets | http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/dts/dtchemfs.htm Detailed Chemical Factsheets | Top/Society/Issues/Warfare_and_Conflict/Weapons/Biological,_Chemical,_and_Radiological/Government_Sites [From US Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine.] |
| Random 1 | Rasta Thomas | http://www.rastathomas.com/ Rasta Thomas | Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/Ballet/People Official Site: news, schedule, photos, resume, biography. |
| Random 4 | Animation Art Collecting - The Ultimate Guide | http://www.animationartcollecting.com Animation Art Collecting - The Ultimate Guide | Top/Arts/Animation/Collectibles/Animation_Art Helpful tips and detailed articles will teach you the ins and outs of collecting art from your favorite cartoons. |
| Random 4 | Doctor Hoy's Personal Care Products | http://www.doctorhoy.com Doctor Hoy's Personal Care Products | Top/Shopping/Health/Beauty/Bath_and_Body Offering skin vitamins, soaps, lotions, bath soaks, massage oils. |
| Next 70 | The Seattle Times - The Real Arguments Over Late Abortions | http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2001806591_aborted04.html The Seattle Times - The Real Arguments Over Late Abortions | Top/Society/Issues/Abortion/Pro-Choice Editorial asserting that the Dilation and Extraction ban signed by Bush is nothing more than a political maneuver to chip away at a woman's right to choose, and the law is so vague that it fails to address important medical issues. |
| Previous 70 | Health at Any Size Web Ring | http://www.webring.com/hub?ring=anysize Health at Any Size Web Ring | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Body_Image/Fat_Acceptance/Directories Quality of life at any size. |
| Next 170 | Violence, Public Health, and the Media | http://www.annenberg.nwu.edu/pubs/violence/default.htm Violence, Public Health, and the Media | Top/Society/Issues/Violence_and_Abuse/Media Topics: The Problem of Violence, Media and the Social Agenda, From Public Opinion to Public Judgment, Understanding the Problem, The Search for Solutions, The Media as Part of the Solution, Conclusion, and Endnotes. Source: Margaret Gerteis,Annenberg Washington Program |
| Previous 170 | National Association of State Medicaid Directors | http://www.nasmd.org/ National Association of State Medicaid Directors | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicaid Bipartisan, professional, nonprofit organization of representatives of state Medicaid agencies (including the District of Columbia and the territories). Position papers, legislative memoranda, specific information on state waiver activity, and CHIP plan summaries. |
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| Previous 270 | Some notes on Robert W. Bradford and His Committee for Freedom of Choice in Medicine | http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/Nonrecorg/cfcm.html Some notes on Robert W. Bradford and His Committee for Freedom of Choice in Medicine | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cancer/Alleged_Cures An article by Stephen Barrett, M.D., about CFCM, the political arm of several interlocking corporations promoting and/or marketing questionable remedies for cancer and other serious diseases. |
| Other resource N0 | Peter Duesberg's Web Site | http://www.duesberg.com/ Peter Duesberg's Web Site | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Alternative_Views This biology professor denies that AIDS is infectious, and believes that it is caused by recreational and anti-HIV drugs. |
| Other resource N1 | Dissident and Saint | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DissidentSaint Dissident and Saint | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Alternative_Views Online faith-based (Latter-day Saint, Mormon, Community of Christ) discussion group questioning conventional medical models of HIV and AIDS. |
| Other resource N2 | Health Initiatives for Youth | http://www.hify.com/ Health Initiatives for Youth | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Young_People/Organizations A unique partnership of youth and adults working together to increase access to, and the quality of, health care for young people in San Francisco. |
| Other resource N3 | Women's Global Health Imperative | http://www.wghi.org Women's Global Health Imperative | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Women The AIDS Research Institute of UCSF develops tools to help women and girls protect themselves from HIV. Current projects and fact sheets. |
| Other resource N4 | Physician Assistant AIDS Network | http://www.paan.org/ Physician Assistant AIDS Network | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Workplace/Organizations Promotes networking, continuing medical education, and symposia for physician assistants working in HIV/AIDS care. |
| Other resource N5 | Phoenix Indian Medical Center | http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/Aids/index.asp Phoenix Indian Medical Center | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Race_and_Ethnicity/Organizations The HIV Center of Excellence (HIVCOE) is a clinically based center for HIV care, treatment, research and intervention. |
| Other resource N6 | ADAP Monitoring Project | http://www.atdn.org/ ADAP Monitoring Project | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Treatment_Activism/Organizations Provides comprehensive information on AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, which provide vital medications to low income uninsured or underinsured people in the US. |
| Other resource N7 | University Of Health | http://www.universityofhealth.net University Of Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Dentistry Commercial education program about mercury poisoning and dental-related illness, designed to create "informed, logical, thinking consumers". |
| Other resource N8 | National Assembly of Health and Human Service Organizations | http://www.nassembly.org/ National Assembly of Health and Human Service Organizations | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy An association of national nonprofit health and human service organizations bound by a common concern for the effective delivery of health and human services to the American people, especially those in need. |
| Other resource N9 | Kaisernetwork | http://www.kaisernetwork.org/ Kaisernetwork | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy News and information on health policy issues, including Medicare, Medicaid, children's health, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, health care advertising, minority health, and health reform. |
| Other resource N10 | Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) | http://www.projhope.org/ Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy International health education, policy research, and humanitarian assistance programs. |
| Other resource N11 | Duke Health Policy Cyberexchange | http://www.hpolicy.duke.edu/cyberexchange Duke Health Policy Cyberexchange | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Portal site for health policy information on the Web. |
| Other resource N12 | Health Systems Research, Inc. - Publications | http://www.hsrnet.com/pubs/index.htm Health Systems Research, Inc. - Publications | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Health Systems Research, Inc. (HSR) is a public policy research and consulting firm that provides program and technical support to publicly-funded health and human services agencies, as well as to not-for-profit and philanthropic organizations. This site provides general information about HSR's services and staff and allows visitors to download publications on a wide range of health- and welfare-related topics. |
| Other resource N13 | Health Information for Development Project | http://www.iwsp.org Health Information for Development Project | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Aims to establish a global network of 1,000 health information resource centres that will provide locally appropriate content on health issues. The project is intended to reinforce existing health services and education systems, not replace them. |
| Other resource N14 | European Observatory on Health Care Systems, Madrid hub | http://www.isciii.es:100/publico/drvisapi.dll?MIval=cw_usr_view_SHTML&ID=238 European Observatory on Health Care Systems, Madrid hub | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy The European Observatory on Health Care Systems supports comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the dynamics of health care systems in Europe. |
| Other resource N15 | National Health Law Program | http://www.healthlaw.org/ National Health Law Program | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Comprehensive information on health issues, with a substantive section on child health, including documents, as well as links to numerous other child health sites. |
| Other resource N16 | New England Healthcare Institute | http://www.nehi.net New England Healthcare Institute | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy New England Healthcare Institute (NEHI) is a health policy research organization focused on enabling innovation in health care. |
| Other resource N17 | Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research | http://www.ihhcpar.rutgers.edu/rwjf Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy This site provides information about Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Investigator Awards program, the investigators who have been funded through the program to conduct broad studies of the most challenging health policy issues facing America, and the results of some of their work on a wide range of topics. |
| Other resource N18 | New England Journal of Medicine - Health Policy | http://content.nejm.org/cgi/collection/health_policy New England Journal of Medicine - Health Policy | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy The Health Policy collection covers topics such as Medicare, Medicaid, and tobacco control and includes research articles, case reports, reviews, and editorial commentary. |
| Other resource N19 | Ward Health Strategies | http://www.wardhealth.com/ Ward Health Strategies | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Communications firm with a focus on health care issues. Site includes several free health-related e-newsletters. |
| Other resource N20 | Americans for Free Choice in Medicine | http://www.afcm.org/ Americans for Free Choice in Medicine | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation Promotes the philosophy of individual rights, personal responsibility and free market economics in the health care industry. |
| Other resource N21 | The Dangers of Socialized Medicine | http://www.amatecon.com/etext/dosm/dosm.html The Dangers of Socialized Medicine | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation This collection of essays makes the moral and practical case for a complete free market in healthcare. |
| Other resource N22 | Citizens' Council on Health Care | http://www.cchc-mn.org/ Citizens' Council on Health Care | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation A citizens' resource for designing the future of health care. |
| Other resource N23 | Socialized Medicine Leaves a Bad Taste in Patients' Mouths | http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=2748 Socialized Medicine Leaves a Bad Taste in Patients' Mouths | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation Bad food in Canadian Hospitals is symptomatic of the problems of a single-payer health care system. |
| Other resource N24 | Health Care News | http://www.heartland.org/Publications.cfm?pblId=2 Health Care News | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation The Heartland Institute's national monthly outreach publication for free-market health care reform, with 100s of articles on malpractice reform and the uninsured. |
| Other resource N25 | Free Market Medicine | http://www.marketmed.org/ Free Market Medicine | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation A site dedicated to the proposition that the free market can provide high-quality, reasonably-priced health care without government intervention. |
| Other resource N26 | Medicare.gov | http://www.medicare.gov/ Medicare.gov | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicare Official U.S. government site for Medicare information. |
| Other resource N27 | Restructuring Medicare: Impacts on Beneficiaries | http://www.urban.org/health/medicare_restructuring.html Restructuring Medicare: Impacts on Beneficiaries | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicare From the Urban Institute. |
| Other resource N28 | The Future of Medicare | http://janhoo.com/skole/university/medicare.html The Future of Medicare | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicare Essay on the development and possible reforms of the American Medicare system. |
| Other resource N29 | FixMyHealthcare.com | http://www.fixmyhealthcare.com FixMyHealthcare.com | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicare A not-for-profit website providing free information about medicare and medicare reform. |
| Other resource N30 | Medicaid Help | http://www.medicaidmadeeasy.com/medicaid/ Medicaid Help | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicaid Your source for medicaid help and rules - how to get your benefits. A straight forward, free informative guide to getting the benefits you deserve. |
| Other resource N31 | Families USA - Medicaid and Children's Health | http://www.familiesusa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Medicaid_Index Families USA - Medicaid and Children's Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicaid Studies and reports on Medicaid from Families USA, a liberal public policy organization. |
| Other resource N32 | FAMIS, Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan | http://www.famis.org FAMIS, Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Children's_Health_Insurance_Program FAMIS is Virginia's new low-cost health insurance for children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but do not have private health insurance. |
| Other resource N33 | Children's Health Care | http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec97/healthcare_8-25a.html Children's Health Care | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Children's_Health_Insurance_Program An estimated 10 million children have no medical insurance. Online NewsHour Transcript with Elizabeth Farnsworth and two health care experts. |
| Other resource N34 | National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health | http://www.ncemch.org/ National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Children's_Health_Insurance_Program Research center at Georgetown University. This site includes issue papers on outreach and CHIP. |
| Other resource N35 | DrugsNotDogFood.com | http://www.drugsnotdogfood.com DrugsNotDogFood.com | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Prescription_Drugs DrugsNotDogFood.com is a petition to President Bush to support coverage for prescription drugs for seniors. For each signature, we send a dog biscuit to the President to show the extreme plight of many seniors -- forced to choose between medicine and food. |
| Other resource N36 | Health Action International | http://www.haiweb.org/ Health Action International | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Prescription_Drugs A non-profit organization that represents the interests of consumers in drug policy and believes that all drugs marketed should be acceptably safe, effective, affordable and meet real medical needs. |
| Other resource N37 | Drugging Our Children The Legal Way | http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14430 Drugging Our Children The Legal Way | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Prescription_Drugs An article about a federal judge that struck down a Food and Drug Administration regulation that required drug makers to test medicines routinely given to children. Arianna Huffington, Alternet. |
| Other resource N38 | Canada Drug Talk | http://www.canadadrugtalk.com/ Canada Drug Talk | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Prescription_Drugs Provides facts, tips and news about importing prescription drugs from Canada. |
| Other resource N39 | Universal Health Care Action Network | http://www.uhcan.org/ Universal Health Care Action Network | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Universal_Health_Care UHCAN! provides a national resource center and facilitates information sharing and the development of strategies for health care justice, that is, universal, high quality, and publicly accountable health care. |
| Other resource N40 | Women's Universal Health Initiative | http://www.wuhi.org Women's Universal Health Initiative | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Universal_Health_Care WUHI addresses health care reform and universal health care by focusing on the role of women. Its purpose is to inform and educate women on health care reform. |
| Other resource N41 | American Health Care Reform | http://americanhealthcarereform.org American Health Care Reform | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Universal_Health_Care Advocates for single-payer, universal coverage in America to make healthcare for all a reality. |
| Other resource N42 | Universal Healthcare Planning Associates | http://www.auniversalhealthcareplan.com/ Universal Healthcare Planning Associates | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Universal_Health_Care Advocates a single-payer health plan for the USA. Includes proposal and FAQ. |
| Other resource N43 | National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems | http://www.naph.org/ National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Hospitals Represents the nations's health care system as advocate to hospitals, research, and education. Most members are major teaching hospitals or academic health science centers. |
| Other resource N44 | Institute for Safe Medical Practices | http://www.ismp.org/ Institute for Safe Medical Practices | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Hospitals Organization that gathers safety data from hospitals and makes recommendations to improve patient safety in hospitals. |
| Other resource N45 | David Gratzer's Health Care Reform | http://www.healthpolicyreform.org David Gratzer's Health Care Reform | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Canadian_Health_Policy Health care reform. It's a debate of great importance and intense interest to all Canadians. David Gratzer proposes reforming health care along the lines of individual choice and competition. |
| Other resource N46 | Health Care Report | http://mwhodges.home.att.net/healthcare.htm Health Care Report | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Articles This site, in data graphic form, shows U.S. live expectancy trends and health care spending compared to other nations, raising challenging questions today and looking forward. |
| Other resource N47 | No Caps On Non-Economic Medical Malpractice Awards | http://www.geocities.com/governmentwatch2002/capsmeds.html No Caps On Non-Economic Medical Malpractice Awards | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Articles Facts sheets explaining attempts to legitimize negligent or incompetent conduct by health care providers. |
| Other resource N48 | National Healthcare Plan -- Reforming the current system | http://www.nationalhealthcareplan.org National Healthcare Plan -- Reforming the current system | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Articles An article about nationalizing America's healthcare system. |
| Other resource N49 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | http://www.nih.gov/ National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/United_States_Government An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the Federal focal point for health research. NIH is the steward of biomedical and behavioral research for the nation. |
| Other resource N50 | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) | http://cms.hhs.gov/ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/United_States_Government Agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). |
| Other resource N51 | HingePin | http://www.hingepin.com/env-nutrition.html HingePin | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Food,_Drink_and_Nutrition Brings together research from indexed journals in environmental medicine, clinical ecology, toxicology, molecular biology, and genetics to provide a new framework for understanding nourishment. Intended as a sourcebook as well as a teaching tool. |
| Other resource N52 | Chlorine Online - Chlorine and Public Health | http://www.eurochlor.org/chlorine/issues/health.htm Chlorine Online - Chlorine and Public Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Water_Treatment/Chlorination Primarily addresses the chlorination of drinking water supplies. |
| Other resource N53 | Examining the Water Fluoridation Sales Pitch | http://www.rvi.net/~fluoride/debunk.htm Examining the Water Fluoridation Sales Pitch | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Water_Treatment/Fluoridation Quoted material taken from the Institute of Medicine's On-Line Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride (1999). |
| Other resource N54 | Toxicological Profile - fluoride, hydrogen fluoride and fluorine, by U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services | http://www.zerowasteamerica.org/FluorideToxProfile.htm Toxicological Profile - fluoride, hydrogen fluoride and fluorine, by U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Water_Treatment/Fluoridation Government report about toxicity of fluoride included that to certain subsets of the population, April 1993 |
| Other resource N55 | Irish Medical Journal | http://www.imj.ie/news_detail.php?nNewsId=1967&nCatId=1&nVolId=59 Irish Medical Journal | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Water_Treatment/Fluoridation Irish Medical Journal, September 2000 Vol. 93 Number 6. "Water Fluoridation : Pollutant or Panacea?" by dentist Don Mac Auley |
| Other resource N56 | Massachusetts Coalition for Oral Health | http://www.fluoridefacts.org Massachusetts Coalition for Oral Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Water_Treatment/Fluoridation The Massachusetts Coalition for Oral Health (MCOH) is an organization dedicated to improving the oral health of the residents of Massachusetts through the use of effective, community-based oral health education and preventive measures. MCOH seems to be organized to fluoridate Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Other resource N57 | Rescue Health Care Day | http://www.rescuehealthcareday.com Rescue Health Care Day | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Activism This is the official web site for the upcoming national event. Our aim is to help move America beyond managed care. |
| Other resource N58 | Health Care Policy | http://www.hcp.med.harvard.edu/ Health Care Policy | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Activism Harvard Medical School - Home Page |
| Other resource N59 | Health Care Reform | http://www.thebody.com/hanssens/reform.html Health Care Reform | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Activism Legal Defense Fund and AIDS/HIV information resource. |
| Other resource N60 | Health Care Reform | http://cfmresearch.tripod.com/healthcare/index.html Health Care Reform | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Activism A collection of previously published essays, data, and commentary on health care reform issues, organized in book format. |
| Other resource N61 | Medical Care and Blood | http://www.watchtower.org/medical_care_and_blood.htm Medical Care and Blood | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Blood_Products With good reason, many now ask, 'How safe are blood transfusions?' But this is more than a medical issue. It has made news involving Jehovah's Witnesses. Have you wondered why these ethical people, who believe in good medicine, refuse to accept blood? |
| Other resource N62 | Scientific American: Ask the Experts: Medicine | http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=0007ACC0-ACD3-1C71-9EB7809EC588F2D7 Scientific American: Ask the Experts: Medicine | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Blood_Products How do scientists make artificial blood? How effective is it compared with the real thing? |
| Other resource N63 | HealthySisters | http://www.healthysisters.com HealthySisters | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Body_Image/Fat_Acceptance Dedicated to big, beautiful, and confident women sized 14 and above. |
| Other resource N64 | Health at Any Size Web Ring | http://www.webring.com/hub?ring=anysize Health at Any Size Web Ring | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Body_Image/Fat_Acceptance/Directories Quality of life at any size. |
| Other resource N65 | DB's Medical Rants: Public Guidelines for Managed Care | http://www.medrants.com/archives/001417.html DB's Medical Rants: Public Guidelines for Managed Care | Top/Society/Issues/Health/HMOs_and_Managed_Care A weblog topic page concerning Kaiser Permanente's announcement that it would publish on its website the guidelines developed and used by its doctors. Visitors are allowed to comment. |
| Other resource N66 | Maternal-Fetal Conflict | http://eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/bioethics/topics/matern.html Maternal-Fetal Conflict | Top/Society/Issues/Human_Rights_and_Liberties/Prenatal_Rights Examines the rising awareness of maternal-fetal conflict from an athical perspective in the medical profession. |
| Other resource N67 | Diversification of US Medical Schools via Affirmative Action | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/3/6/ Diversification of US Medical Schools via Affirmative Action | Top/Society/Issues/Human_Rights_and_Liberties/Affirmative_Action/Supporting_Views Investigates the implications of affirmative action, particularly race-conscious compared to race-blind admissions policy; explains how alternative programs are generally impractical, and provides a brief review of the history and legality of affirmative action in the United States. |
| Other resource N68 | Defend Your Privacy | http://www.defendyourprivacy.com/ Defend Your Privacy | Top/Society/Issues/Human_Rights_and_Liberties/Privacy Opposes the US Health and Human Services regulation can force doctors to turn their patients' confidential medical records over to the government. |
| Other resource N69 | Healthy Citizens | http://www.HealthyCitizens.com Healthy Citizens | Top/Society/Issues/Human_Rights_and_Liberties/Advocacy_Organizations/North_America Citizens against human experimentation. Focuses on the development of post World War II United States health and military programs. |
| Other resource N70 | Delivering Health Care to the Homeless | http://www.med.uottawa.ca/homeless/ Delivering Health Care to the Homeless | Top/Society/Issues/Poverty/Homelessness Basic curriculum for medicine students in Ottawa, Canada. |
| Other resource N71 | HealthCentral Internet Hoax Watch | http://www.healthcentral.com/centers/onecenter.cfm?center=Internet_Hoax_Watch HealthCentral Internet Hoax Watch | Top/Society/Issues/Fraud News, commentary, and links on internet hoaxes. (Not just medical hoaxes.) |
| Other resource N72 | LRM'S Place: Disability, Health Care, Advocacy...and More | http://www.geocities.com/dhcpolwnk LRM'S Place: Disability, Health Care, Advocacy...and More | Top/Society/Issues/Disabilities/Advocacy Personal web site of public policy analyst Laura Remson Mitchell. Primary focus is on health-care reform and disability policy. Includes original articles and commentary as well as advocacy links. |
| Other resource N73 | The Concord Coalition | http://www.concordcoalition.org/ The Concord Coalition | Top/Society/Issues/Economic/Public_Debt/Federal_Deficit The Concord Coalition is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to eliminating federal budget deficits and ensuring Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are secure for all generations. |
| Other resource N74 | Background on the U.S. Blockade Against Cuba | http://www.cubasolidarity.net/blockade.html Background on the U.S. Blockade Against Cuba | Top/Society/Issues/Economic/Sanctions/Cuba/Opposing_Views Analysis and opinion from prominent US citizens describing impact of boycott on children and medical patients. |
| Other resource N75 | World Health Organisation (WHO): Iraqi Health System Close to Collapse | http://www.who.int/archives/inf-pr-1997/en/pr97-16.html World Health Organisation (WHO): Iraqi Health System Close to Collapse | Top/Society/Issues/Economic/Sanctions/Iraq/Official_Reports Responsible for implementation of the sanctions and oil for food programme. |
| Other resource N76 | Health Care and Social Security | http://www.project21.org/Health.html Health Care and Social Security | Top/Society/Issues/Economic/Social_Security Is Social Security unfair to minorities? Project 21, a leadership network of conservative African-Americans, answers that question and others. Links to policy analyses. |
| Other resource N77 | National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare | http://www.ncpssm.org/socialsecurity/ National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare | Top/Society/Issues/Economic/Social_Security Seniors group outlines their positions on Social Security and Medicare issues. |
| Other resource N78 | Ontario Health Coalition -- P3s | http://www.web.net/~ohc/P3s.htm Ontario Health Coalition -- P3s | Top/Society/Issues/Economic/Public_Private_Partnerships Series of articles, papers, fact sheets, media releases and other documents critical of the use of Private Public Partnerships and Private Finance Inititives to provide health care services. |
| Other resource N79 | Citizens AgaiNst Drug Impaired Drivers | http://www.candid.org Citizens AgaiNst Drug Impaired Drivers | Top/Society/Issues/Transportation/Activism/DirectAction Illicit drugs, prescription and over-the-counter medications, and inhaled substances - their impact on impaired driving - and the drug recognition expert training program for law enforcement. |
| Other resource N80 | Before I Die | http://www.thirteen.org/bid/ Before I Die | Top/Society/Issues/End-of-Life A PBS program exploring the medical, ethical, and social issues surrounding end-of-life care in America today. Features real life stories about people who have faced these personal decisions. |