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Administration
on Aging
Lots
of information for older people, e.g., anti-fraud, elder abuse,
statistics etc.
Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Formerly
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)
Agency
for Health Care Policy and Research
AHCPR is the
lead agency charged with supporting research designed to improve
the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access
to essential services.
Alzheimer's
Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR Center)
A
service of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Progress Report
on Alzheimer's Disease 2000, now online
American
Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine
AAHPM is an organization for physicians who are committed to furthering
and fostering the practice of hospice/ palliative care for the
terminally ill and their families.
American
Academy of Neurology (AAN)
May
browse as a guest
American
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Over
300 official Policy Statements, Practice Guidelines
American
Bar Association (ABA)
Link
entitled sections/division/forums gives you access to Health Law
The
American College of American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM)
ACP-ASIM is
a medical specialty society designed to enhance the quality and
effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism
in the practice of medicine.
American
Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
Use
link entitled Link to Resources
The
American Geriatrics Society
AGS is a professional
organization of health care providers dedicated to improving and
effecting change for the health and well being of all older adults.
American
Law Sources Online
Access
state and federal law
American
Medical Association
The AMA is a
membership organization of physicians. It serves as the patient's
advocate, sets standards for the profession of medicine, medical
education, policy matters, and much more.
American
Nurses Association (ANA)
American
Pain Society
APS is a nonprofit multidisciplinary educational and scientific
organization dedicated to serving people in pain, through research,
education, treatment, and professional practice.
American
Psychiatric Association (APA)
Public
information; recent updates; library & publications, among
other links
American
Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
American
Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
American
Society for the Advancement of Palliative Care
ASAP Care is a personal effort to help expedite the reform of
terminal health care practice.
American
Society for Bioethics & Humanities
ASBH is a professional society of individuals, organizations,
and institutions interested in bioethics and humanities.
American
Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
ASLME provides high-quality scholarship, debate, and critical
thought to the community of professionals at the intersection
of law, health care, policy, and ethics.
Approaching
Death: Improving Care at the End of Life
This report, from a committee of the Institute of Medicine, calls
for changes to improve end-of-life care, better training of health
care professionals, reform of outdated laws that inhibit the use
of pain-relieving drugs, and testing of new payment options.
Association
of Cancer Online Resources Inc.
ACOR is a nonprofit patient advocacy organization founded to develop,
support and represent Internet based resources for up-to date
information to cancer patients.
Better
Health
Better Health is an online interactive forum offering support
and help on a variety of medical concerns and conditions.
Bioethics
Resources on the Web - National Institutes of Health
Boston
University School of Public Health Department of Health Law
Many
links to health, bioethics, and human rights resources.
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