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FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS:
As a health professional, it is important to be informed of new advances in medical
technology. These sites listed below offer access to medical resources (texts and manuals)
specifically designed for health professionals seeking the latest and most accurate
medical information. The following links will be displayed in a second window.
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The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, Seventeenth Edition, Centennial Edition
The "world's most widely used general medical text " is now available free on-line.
In addition to an integrated, hot-link table of contents, the manual is fully searchable
using a user-friendly search feature. Although this is considered the 17th Edition,
the on-line free product is updated as needed in order to provide users with the latest
and most accurate information.
The Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition - Interactive Edition on the Web
The Merck Manual of Medical Information--Second Home Edition,
is currently being made available on the internet. As each section becomes available,
it can be accessed free through the above link; new components are added each month.
The first edition will remain available through this same site for interested users
until the second edition is fully accessible on-line.
Virtual Hospital-Common Problems in Adults
"Virtual Hospital is a digital health sciences library created in 1992 at the University of
Iowa to help meet the information needs of health care providers and patients.
The goal of the Virtual Hospital digital library is to make the Internet a useful
medical reference and health promotion tool for health care providers and patients.
The Virtual Hospital digital library contains thousands of textbooks and booklets for
health care providers and patients."
"The Virtual Hospital digital library also delivers Continuing Education (CE)
to health care provider's offices and homes in a clinically relevant context
at their convenience, thereby making CE more effective and efficient."
MDConsult
A website designed specifically for physicians seeking medical information on-line.
A subscription service, MDConsult provides access to classic medical texts
(e.g., Goldman's Cecil Textbook of Medicine, Noble's Textbook of Primary Care),
50 leading medical journals with full-text retrieval (e.g., Pediatrics,
American Journal of medicine), on-line drug information, and updates on
cutting edge medicine. Patient education materials are available, as well
as PDA downloads of news, updates, and journal abstracts.
Find the clinical content you need faster through the online service
that respects both your profession and your time. MD Consult integrates
the most renowned collection of medical content online. That means fast
answers from respected sources. Leading medical texts. Premier journals.
Peer-reviewed guidelines. Patient handouts and more. All in full-text and
all in one place designed to keep you in the fast lane.
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