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Medical Sites

http://www.medicalmal.com/neglig.html   What Is Medical Negligence

http://www.healthatoz.com   The search engine for Health and Medicine

http://medscape.com  Clinical information with the depth, breadth, and validity needed to improve the practice of medicine. Medscape offers consumers and clinicians a resource for current medical news which is updated regularly.

http://www.mediconsult.com   The offices of doctors on-line on the Internet

http://www.iatrogenic.org  Medical malpractice victims

http://www.blackhealthnet.com   On-line source for health information

http://medartist.com/index.htm   Serves as the Internet hub for medical illustration and related services

http://buylink.com/med/index.html    Illustrates expert medical innovative procedures and products

http://www.centerwatch.com  To find a variety of information related to clinical trials

http://www.ahcpr.gov  "Agency for Health Care Policy and Research - and check up on Health Insurance Choices" - frequently asked questions

Legislative

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html   The Thomas - search this legislative site for all patient rights and protection bills.

http://thomas.loc.gov/medicare   All about Medicare

http://www.guidant.com/about/gov/issues.htm   The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act, which became effective February 19, incorporates device-related reforms.  This new law, which addresses the agency's regulation of medical devices, drugs, biological products and foods, won praise from patients, physicians and industry organizations nationwide

Databases

http://www.regent.edu/lawlib/bookmark/bk-t-mal.html   Topic Specific Law-Related Web Sites -- Medical Malpractice -  databases for: search by Physician Name or Specialty; discover whether a physician is board certified, when they graduated, where they did their residency, etc.; - "Guide to Internet Clinical Medicine Resources" - an international listing of clinical research trials - a jumpstation for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies.

http://members.aol.com/Doctorhlp/CHO/index.html   "Medical Malpractice Database of 16,638 Questionable Doctors" - the medical malpractice database of questionable doctors was established as a "warning label" for consumers to help protect them from potentially dangerous and high risk doctors.

http://www.ama-assn.org/iwcf/iwcfmgr206/aps?1562019559   "AMA Physician Select" is intended for use by the general public to allow quick access information on physicians in the U.S.

HMO's

http://www.medicarehmo.com/index.htm   For everyone interested and considering joining or learning more about Medicare HMO's

http://www.harp.org  Health care policy and HMO's

Dictionaries/Directories/Resources

http://www.medicinenet.com  Medical Dictionary  

http://www.himanet.com/resource/index.htm   Government and medical technology information and dictionary of medical technology acronyms

http://www.coast-resources.com   The Disability & Medical Resource Directory was founded and developed by the disabled for the purpose of providing information to the disabled, handicapped challenged, elderly, caregivers and healthcare professional and providers

Drug Indexes

http://www.rxlist.com  The Internet Drug Index

http://www.medscape.com/misc/formdrugs.html   Comprehensive and authoritative drug database in the U.S. with complete and timely information on over 200,000 drug products

http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug.htm   Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

Hospitals

http://www.ahd.com  The American Hospital Directory provides on-line, comparative data for most hospitals

http://www.4hospitals.com Site to search for hospitals and their related information

Human Patient Simulators Represents a break-through in medical simulation and gives practitioners across all fields the opportunity to rehearse both simple and complex procedures.  The Simulator is a life-size computer controlled manikin which breathes, has a heart beat and includes sophisticated modeling of physiology and pharmacology, enabling it to mimic accurately many human responses.  The system comes with a number of pre-configured patients, in which the underlying physiological model is tailored to duplicate a particular kind of individual.  The manikin, therefore, can be male or female, young or old, fit or unwell, and can even simulate some aspects of the pregnant patient.

http://www.usc.edu/hsc/medicine/anesthesiology/simulator.html   Simulator procedures at University of Southern California

http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/BMSC/hps.htm   Simulator procedures at The Bristol Medical Simulation Centre

http://www.pkpd.icon.palo-alto.med.va.gov/simulator/sim.htm   Simulator procedures at Stanford University

Articles and T.V.

http://archive.abcnews.com/sections/living/medmistakes1009/index.html   Poll  on Medical Mistakes by National Patient Safety Foundation

http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/4b172.htm   "Study Recommends Disclosing Medical Mistakes to Patients" - Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

http://www.pathfinder.com/penews/drweil/19971010/story4.html   "Americans on Medical Mistakes"

http://www.olender.com/injure.html   "If a Doctor Injures You or A Loved One"

http://www.detnews.com/1998/nation/9801/31/01310082.htm   "Was Baby's Death a Medical Mistake, or Murder" - Detroit Times

http://backandneck.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa1023b.htm   "Doctor Fakes Xrays to Perform Unnecessary Surgeries" - Dateline, 10/23/97

http://cnn.com/HEALTH/9810/06/transplant.success/index.html   "Study finds race and gender gaps in organ distribution" - CNN.com

http://www.med-malpractice.com   "A Death in the Hospital"

Medical Devices

http://www.devicelink.com   Site for medical devices

http://www.fda.gov/medwatch   The FDA Medical Products Reporting Program, is an initiative designed both to educate all health professionals about the critical importance of being aware of, monitoring for, and reporting adverse events and problems to FDA and/or the manufacturer and; to ensure that new safety information is rapidly communicated to the medical community thereby improving patient care

http://www.medicinet.com/hp.asp?li=MNI&ag=Y   State of the art medical information

Organ Transplants

http://www.transweb.org/index.htm   All about organ transplantation and donation

http://www.transplantation.com/index.htm   The National Institute of Transplantation (NIT) is an internationally recognized leader on all aspects of organ transplantation including laboratory and patient research, as well as professional and public education

General Medical Topics

http://www.4advice.com

http://www.4allergies.com

http://www.4cancer.com

http://www.4consultants.com

http://www.4disability.com

http://www.4healthinfo.com

http://www.4healthinsurance.com

http://www.4kidshealth.com

http://www.4medicine.com

http://www.4medicalbooks.com

http://www.4nurses.com

http://www.4personalinjury.com

http://www.4physicians.com

Suggested Readings

"Human Error in Medicine" - Marilyn Sue Bogner

"The Killing Profession" - Louise G. Gitzen

"The Incompetent Doctor: Behind Closed Doors (State of Health)" - Marilyn M. Rosenthal

"How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive: A Guide to Patient Power" - Sheldon P. Balu, M.D. and Elaine Shimberg, Macmillan, New York, NY, 1997

"Error in Medicine" - Lucian L. Leape, M.D., Journal of the American Medical Association, December 21, 1994

"The Girl Who Died Twice, The Libby Zion Case and the Hidden Hazards of Hospitals" - Natalie Robins, Delacorte Press, 1995

"Silent Violence, Silent Death, The Hidden Epidemic of Medical Malpractice" - Harvey Rosenfield, Essential Books, Washington, DC, 1994

"Now the Lay Me Down to Sleep...What You Don't Know About Anesthesia and Surgery May Harm You" - Ernst, M.D., E&P Publishers, Dothan, AL, 1997

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