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| Previous 10 | 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. |
| Previous | Depleted Uranium Weapons | http://www.ngwrc.org/Issues.cfm?NewsTopicID=8 Depleted Uranium Weapons | Top/Society/Issues/Warfare_and_Conflict/Weapons/Depleted_Uranium National Gulf War Resource Center information on depleted uranium. Includes medical and training information. |
| Random 1 | Bush Fire Department, Inc. | http://departments.firehouse.com/dept/London2KY Bush Fire Department, Inc. | Top/Health/Public_Health_and_Safety/Emergency_Services/Fire_Fighting/North_America/United_States/Kentucky Volunteer organization provides an overview, stations, personnel roster, apparatus, annual activity, news, scanner frequencies, memorials, and contact details. |
| Random 2 | Ardent Laboratories Ltd. | http://www.ardentlabs.com/ Ardent Laboratories Ltd. | Top/Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/Dentistry/Dental_Laboratories Located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Includes list of services and materials. [Requires Shockwave] |
| Random 3 | The Branden Lombardi Foundation | http://www.chipintofightcancer.org/ The Branden Lombardi Foundation | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cancer/Organizations Non-profit dedicated to improving the practical quality of life for cancer patients. Located in Phoenix, Arizona. |
| Random 4 | Crozer-Keystone Health Systems | http://www.crozer.org/ Crozer-Keystone Health Systems | Top/Health/Medicine/Facilities/Health_Systems/United_States/Pennsylvania Includes Community Hospital, Crozer Chester Medical Center, Delaware County Memorial Hospital, Springfield Hospital at the Healthplex, Taylor Hospital and four facilities. Based in Pennsylvania. |
| Random 5 | Northeast Dental Plan of America | http://www.dentalsave.com Northeast Dental Plan of America | Top/Business/Financial_Services/Insurance/Agents_and_Marketers/Health/Discount_Plans Discount dental plan serving the east coast. |
| Next | 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.] |
| Next 10 | Managing the Terroristic Threat | http://www.fightterror.com/ Managing the Terroristic Threat | Top/Society/Issues/Terrorism/Preparedness A planned conference and exposition on April 12-15, 2004 in Houston, Texas, for an emergency response following a terrorist attack. Brings together police, fire fighters and emergency medical experts. |
| Random 1 | Fujisawaland | http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Quasar/3548/ Fujisawaland | Top/Arts/Animation/Anime/Fandom/F Images, gifs, games, and links. Series include Ranma, Dragon Ball Z, Tenchi Muyo!, and El Hazard. |
| Random 4 | RSD/CRPS World News Group | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RSD-WorldNews RSD/CRPS World News Group | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Neurological_Disorders/Muscle_Diseases/Reflex_Sympathetic_Dystrophy Daily updates on new sites, medicines, proceedures and papers on the subject. People can submit features, columns and writings. |
| Random 4 | X-ray equipment and film. | http://www.tri-statemedicalequipment.com X-ray equipment and film. | Top/Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/Diagnostic/Radiology/Remarketers Suppliers of X-Ray medical equipment for the small business, orthopedics, private physicians, chiropractors, veterinarians, and podiatrists. |
| Next 70 | Access - Women's Health Rights Coalition | http://www.whrc-access.org/ Access - Women's Health Rights Coalition | Top/Society/Issues/Abortion/Pro-Choice/Organizations Works to ensure California low-income women are informed and supported to make the right reproductive choice through direct services, advocacy and community education, and combatting disinformation. |
| Previous 70 | 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. |
| Next 170 | CMS Reports to Congress | http://cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/reports/default.asp CMS Reports to Congress | Top/Society/Issues/Violence_and_Abuse/Elder/Nursing_Home Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) survey focused on systems to prevent nursing home abuse and neglect. |
| Previous 170 | Health Care Financing Administration: CHIP | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/schip/ Health Care Financing Administration: CHIP | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Children's_Health_Insurance_Program Official federal site devoted to the Children's Health Insurance Program. |
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| Previous 270 | The AIDS Mirage | http://www.ourcivilisation.com/aids The AIDS Mirage | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Alternative_Views Hiram Caton's complete work "Debunking the AIDS Myth; An Explanation Why and How the Medical Profession Kills Gays." |
| Other resource N0 | 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 N1 | 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 N2 | 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 N3 | 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 N4 | 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 N5 | 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 N6 | 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 N7 | 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 N8 | 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 N9 | 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 N10 | 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 N11 | 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 N12 | 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 N13 | 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 N14 | 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 N15 | 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 N16 | 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 N17 | 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 N18 | 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 N19 | 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 N20 | 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 N21 | 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 N22 | 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 N23 | 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 N24 | 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 N25 | 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 N26 | 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 N27 | 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 N28 | 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 N29 | 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 N30 | 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 N31 | 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 N32 | 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 N33 | 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 N34 | 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 N35 | 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 N36 | 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 N37 | 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 N38 | 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 N39 | 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 N40 | 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 N41 | 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 N42 | 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 N43 | 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 N44 | 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 N45 | 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 N46 | 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 N47 | 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 N48 | 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 N49 | 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 N50 | 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 N51 | 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 N52 | 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 N53 | 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 N54 | 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 N55 | Health Care Policy | http://www.hcp.med.harvard.edu/ Health Care Policy | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Activism Harvard Medical School - Home Page |
| Other resource N56 | 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 N57 | 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 N58 | 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 N59 | 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 N60 | 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 N61 | 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 N62 | 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 N63 | 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 N64 | 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 N65 | 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 N66 | 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 N67 | 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 N68 | 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 N69 | 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 N70 | 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 N71 | 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 N72 | 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 N73 | 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 N74 | 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 N75 | 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 N76 | 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 N77 | 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. |
| Other resource N78 | Professionals for Excellence in Health Care | http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3052 Professionals for Excellence in Health Care | Top/Society/Issues/End-of-Life/Euthanasia/Anti-Euthanasia We are professionals dedicated to the ethical treatment of persons, born and unborn. |
| Other resource N79 | University of Washington School of Medicine: Ethics in Medicine | http://eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/bioethics/topics/pas.html University of Washington School of Medicine: Ethics in Medicine | Top/Society/Issues/End-of-Life/Euthanasia/Assisted_Suicide This site presents a comprehensive sets of Q&As about physician assisted dying, and two cases for consideration. |
| Other resource N80 | Compassionate Healthcare Network: Philip Nitschke | http://www.chninternational.com/nitschke.htm Compassionate Healthcare Network: Philip Nitschke | Top/Society/Issues/End-of-Life/Right_to_Die/People/Nitschke,_Philip Two articles about Nitschke, presented by the Compassionate Healthcare Network, a Canadian organization which opposes end-of-life choice. |