Library Links
The best way to use the Internet for healthcare information is to use a small number of "gateway" sites. These sites provide lots of links to other useful, related sites, and because the links are on a website from a bona fide source, you can be fairly sure that the sites on the other end of the links will also be of fairly decent quality.
Please remember that there are no laws on the Internet. Anyone can set up a page offering medical advice. That advice may be sound, but it could be cranky, misinformed, or even dangerous. Going through a gateway site should help you to avoid getting lost in acres of information.
National Library for Health
National Web based information resource for the NHS and the UK public. As it develops NeLH will provide access to a range of high quality information resources to support better patient care.
PubMed
Free Medline on the Internet. Useful for very up-to-date information as it is updated daily. It also goes back to 1966. It is available quickly from Project Connect.
Department of Health
Excellent site - full text versions of white papers and other government information. Links to other bits of the NHS, e.g. the research & development arm.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Information Resource
This site provides objective information for oncologists and healthcare professionals.
CancerLit
CancerLit, from National Cancer Institute (NCI) - database of references to published journal articles, conference proceedings, government reports and monographs.
'Topic Searches' pull together recent articles on frequently requested subjects e.g. breast cancers, references focus on specific aspects such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery.
MHRA: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
This site has an A-Z index to the website which is accessible from the top of the page.
NMC [Nursing & Midwifery Council]
http://www.nmc-uk.org
List of publications (including the Code of Conduct) and also some standards.
Royal College of Nursing
Health Care Databases.
Anglia Ruskin Library
Very useful site for Anglia Ruskin University students and lecturers. Some full text journals are available: to gain full access you need a password to other sites. Apply to the ARU library at Chelmsford with your Student identification and your E-mail address.
GriefNet
Information on grief and loss, including a site for children facing loss.
Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Useful for ethical issues relating to death and dying. Links to Bioethicsline database.
Help the Hospices
Hospice House
34-44 Britannia Street
London WC1X 9JG
Telephone:- 020 75208200
Fax:- 020 72781021
info@helpthehospices.org.uk
Grant giving charity that helps to organise and fund education and training opportunities for providers of hospice and palliative care services.
The National Council for Palliative Care
1st. Floor Hospice House
34-44 Britannia Street
London WC1X 9JG
Telephone:- 020 75208299
Fax:- 020 75208298
enquiries@hospice-spc-council.org.uk
Co-ordinating and representative organisation for hospice and palliative care services in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
St. Helena Hospice is not responsible for the content of external Web sites