Links M-Z

Medicare Rights Center
The Medicare Rights Center (MRC) provides free counseling services to Medicare beneficiaries who cannot afford private assistance for Medicare-related issues.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
MSKCC's web site provides a wide range of information for medical professionals, patients, their families, and the general public.

Medical University of South Carolina Library's Government Links

National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC)
U.S. Presidential Commission

National Conference of State Legislatures
The NCSL report helps state lawmakers make informed decisions regarding assisted suicide; pain management and other end-of-life care policies.

The National Institute on Aging
NIA promotes healthy aging by conducting and supporting biomedical, social, and behavioral research and public education.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

National Library of Medicine
Comprehensive search capabilities; access to Medicine, PubMed, etc

Nathan Cummings Foundation
The Nathan Cummings Foundation seeks to build a society that values nature and protects ecological balance for future generations; promotes humane health care; and fosters arts to enrich communities.


Nuffield Council on Bioethics (Britain)

Office for Civil Rights: HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)

Office for Human Research Protections (OHRR)

Office of Inspector General (OIG)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Office of Research Integrity (ORI)

Oregon Health Sciences University Center for Ethics in Health Care
The Center for Ethics combines the perspectives of health professionals, patients, and families to improve teaching, research and clinical consultation about ethical issues in patient care and health policy.

President's Council on Bioethics (U.S.)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
RWJ is the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care, and has made more than $2 billion in grants.

South Carolina Statutes

South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

South Carolina Department of Education

South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina Information System (SCSIS)

The Institute for the Medical Humanities @ UTMB
The Institute's research program advances inquiry within the humanities while enlarging the scholarly vision of connections between the humanities, health care, health policy, and biomedical research.  It offers graduate study in the medical humanities that leads to the M.A. and the Ph.D.  The Institute hosts visiting scholars and sponsors symposia that deepen the dialogue between the humanities and the health professions.

UB Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care
The Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care is an interdisciplinary academic center which draws upon a wide range of individuals from the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences as well as various health care and academic institutions.

United States Constitution

U.S. Congress
Legislative information on the Internet

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Equality Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO)

UW Pain and Policy Studies Group
The UW Pain and Policy Studies Group is the study of public policy in relation to pain management, identifying and addressing the barriers to medical use of opioid analgesics.