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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- As well as representing its members, the Academy
offers patient information, a library, suggestions
for finding a surgeon, meeting information,
outcomes assessment, and much more.
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Ask NOAH About: Orthopedics
- A cooperative project of the City University of
New York, the Metropolitan New York Library
Council, the New York Academy of Medicine and the
New York Public Library, NOAH seeks to provide
high quality full-text health information for
consumers that is accurate, timely, relevant, and
unbiased. NOAH currently supports English and
Spanish.
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CliniWeb
- CliniWeb, a project at Oregon Health Sciences
University, is an index and table of contents to
over 2,500 Web sites of clinical information.
Keyword search or browse through the MeSH
hierarchy. CliniWeb is well researched and
current. Search by Bone Diseases.
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healthfinder™
- Maintains a robust list of consumer health
information web sites, selected online
publications, databases, self-help groups, as well
as the government agencies and non-profit
organizations. Search for the specific topic in
the A-Z topics list or type keywords in the search
dialog box.
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MEDLINEplus: Bones, Joints and Muscle Topics - The National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus pages
provide a carefully selected list of resources,
not a comprehensive catalog. They are designed to
direct users to resources containing information
that will help them research their health
questions. Orthopedic topics in MEDLINEplus
include pages on ankylosing spondylitis, back
injuries, back pain, foot/ankle injuries, hip
injuries and disorders, knee injuries, elbow
injuries, scoliosis, shoulder injuries and
disorders.
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NAON line
- Created and maintained by the National
Association of Orthopaedic Nurses Association,
this site “…promote[s] education and research
related to nursing care of persons with
orthopaedic conditions [and]…the highest standards
of nursing practice, and …research; and [to]
maintain effective communication between
orthopaedic nurses and other external interested
persons and groups.”
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Orthogate
- "The concept of the gateway is that from here in
no more than three clicks you should be able to
reach any of the resources on the Orthopaedic
Internet which you would like." Offers links to
Wheeless' Textbook, patient information, other
orthopedic sites, quality criteria, a search
engine, and much much more.
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