Medical Websites - D
Death
& Dying
Americans for Better
Care of the Dying "Founded in
1997, Americans for Better Care of the Dying (ABCD) is an IRS Section
501(c)(3), Washington, DC based organization dedicated the ensuring that
all Americans can count on good end of life care." 1/01,
jk
Supportive
Care of the Dying "Supportive Care of the Dying was founded in
1994 when Catholic health care systems in Oregon met to discuss appropriate
responses to the public outcry for legalized physician-assisted suicide."
1/02, jk
The World Federation
of Right To Die Societies ". . . represents nearly all the organizations
internationally which are fighting for a person's right to die when terminally
ill. " 1/01, jk
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Dermatology
Atlas This site tends to post things a little bit more common and
gives excellent but brief descriptions. 4/03, jk
— Dermatology Online Atlas Enter a descriptive word, and a search is performed of relevant photos. For example, keratosis was entered, and 20 photos were retrieved. 6/01, jk.
— The Electronic Textbook of Dermatology An amazing web text book, well researched and documented. Many pictures, written by Dermatologists. 6/01, jk.
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Diabetes
— American
Diabetes Association This link takes you to their Professional Page.
Contents include Journals, Research, Conferences, Books, Councils, Clinical
Trials, and more. The site also includes a great deal of patient information
and clinical guidelines/ position statements. A helpful page is a search
section on their four journals. 11/01, jk
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Dictionary
— Medical Dictionary, at Langenberg.com,
a page of search engines such as Hospital Locator & Pharmacy Drug
Inquiry. 11/22/01, jk.
— Hypertext Webster
Interface Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus from Merriam-Webster.
11/22/01, jk.
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Dietary
American Dietetic Association This
site is cheerful, and arranged carefully. Contents include Lifestyle Advice,
Dieting, Books, Careers in Dietetics, and a simple way to search for a
dietitian. Much more can be found, including an extensive summary of their
Complete Food & Nutrition Guide. For example, A
Primer on Fats and Oils will be helpful to patients and providers.1/02,
jk.
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Disease
The Lightning Hypertext of
DISEASE Search database with over 75,000 disease related information
packets with vocabulary of 90,000 unique words, and 9,000 pathology image
links. Also 6,000 questions on pathology. 6/01, jk.
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Disability
— Consortium for Citizens with
Disabilities. "A coalition of approximately 100 national disability
organizations working together to advocate for national public policy
that ensures the self determination, independence, empowerment, integration
and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects
of society." 11/27/01, jk
See also — National
Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives
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