Health and Wellness Metasites
Organizations
- Evidence-based Practice
and Guidelines
From the University of Washington.
- Hardin Meta
Directory of Internet Health Sources
Huge site, with dozens of links to other
internet resources, both national and international.
- HealthWeb
Provides access to evaluated non-commercial
health-related Internet resources. From the Consortium Committee for
Institutional Cooperation.
- HealthWorld Online
Information and links to medical sites
and alternative health options. Can subscribe to Healthy Update E-Newsletter.
- Librarians' Internet Index
Librarian selected and reviewed websites in areas of health. There are also numerous sub-categories.
- Martindale's Health Science
Guide
Enormous number of resources, updated
weekly. Includes case studies, online journals, cross-sectional images
to learn anatomy. More useful to graduates than undergraduates.
- Intute: Health and Life Sciences
"A gateway to evaluated, quality Internet
resources in Medicine, Nursing, Midwifery and Allied health Professions, BioEthics, Bio Research aimed
at students, researchers, academics and practitioners." United Kingdom
site, with English and European resources.
Commercial
- Dr. Koop.com
- Yahoo: Health
Huge, commercial site with multiple links;
advertisements, ability to post messages, participate in discussions;
take care to evaluate sources: anyone can post to this site.
Other Health-Related Sites
- Complementary and
alternative medicine
Julia Nims, Information Services Library
at Eastern Michigan University has put together this web site which
provides an overview of nontraditional medicine resources, otherwise
known as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Included are
metasites, general health sites with CAM information, university-related
sites, government-sponsored sites, and associations.
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