See also: Internet's Brazilian Index in Medicine and Health
American
Journal of NursingThis is one fo the best sites in nursing.
Originally, it was only an electronic version of the well known nursing
journal, with full-text articles, since January 1995. Afterwards, it began
to include texts from The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing. Nowadays
it is managed by Lipincott, a publishing house and has many additional
resources in research information, learning and nursing assistance, like
the Annual Career Guide, associations information, certification, jobs
openings, etc. Nurses can also answer continuous education on-line tests.
LUMEN
(Loyola University Medical Education Network)Loyola University, from New Orleans, USA,
has developed a formidable support resource for medical education using
the Internet. In the anatomy section there is a sectional anatomy course,
the alergy section has an excellent introduction to anaphilaxy, the pneumology
section has videos showing toraccical expansion in breath. Available resources
include video, sound and graphics. Areas most represented are histology,
neurology, general medicine and anatomy, but other areas are being fastly
added.
When Dr .Loren Buhle, from Pennsylvania,
USA, had a young cancer patient, he had difficulties founding related information.
Answering to this problem, he developed OncoLink one of the best information
resources about cancer in the Internet (the other one is US National
Cancer Institute). Information available in OncoLink is destined both
for the professional and the general public. It also includes a newsletter
on cancer, links to scientific journals, and a search engine, besides thousands
of links to other Internet sites. An extensive index allows access by disease
or by speciality and are links to Physician Data Query (PDQ) and CancerLit,
two resources mantained by NCI about scientific literature in oncology.
Pediatrics oncology and a psicosocial support section to patients are two
substantial points in this unmissable site.
Fundação
Oswaldo CruzOne of the most visited sites in the health
area, in Brazil, it is rich in information about the famous Instituto de
Manguinhos, in Rio de Janeiro, a place where many research, developing,
learning and heath assistance activities take place (it is a Ministry
of Health organ). Among other interesting things, the site has SINITOX
(National System of Toxic-Pharmacological Information) and many publications,
including InfoSaúde and the traditional Memórias do Instituto
Oswaldo Cruz, both available in full-text. There is also information about
the Health Channel on TV(Canal Saúde), library, video library, FioCruz
Network and courses.
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Center for Biomedical Informatics State University of Campinas © 1997 Renato M.E. Sabbatini |
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