- American Association of Health Plans - http://www.aahp.org
Fact sheets and analyses on: managed care, prenatal care, children's health insurance, diabetes, and current immunization recommendations for children and adults.
- American Council on Science and Health - http://www.acsh.org/
A consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health. ACSH is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization.
- Ethical Issues in Terminal Health Care - http://www.cp.duluth.mn.us/~ennyman/ethics.html
Articles and essays on patients' rights, Ethics Committees, the Right-to-Die Debate, and Physician Assisted Suicide.
- What Doctors Don't Tell You - http://www.wddty.co.uk/
Monthly magazine informing patients of little-known side effects of drugs, and allegedly "proven" alternative remedies.
- Doctors For Life - http://www.dfl.org.za
Non-profit making organisation which stands for the sanctity of life from conception till death and a basic Christian ethic.
- Questionable Doctors - http://www.questionabledoctors.org/
Public citizen effort to collect and make public information about questionable doctors in the United States. Data is available online.
- Partners In Health - http://www.pih.org/
Research, advocacy and publications related to health, worldwide. Focus upon the poor. Partners with projects in Haiti, Peru, Mexico, United States, with a goal of neither development or charity, but "pragmatic solidarity".
- Pee Dee Healthy Start Inc South Carolina - http://www.peedeehealthystart.org
A prevention program in response to high infant mortality rates, low birth weight babies, inadequate health care for women of child bearing age and their families in rural areas in SC.
- What is Wrong With Our Health Care System? - http://www.execpc.com/~squall1/MedDrg/meddrg.html
A commentary on why the US health care system is the most expensive in the world but less effective than most people realize.
- Case Western Reserve University - Program on Society and Health - http://www.cwru.edu/med/society/home.htm
Interdisciplinary group which studies the impact of biomedical technology, health policy, and demographic shifts on society. Mission statement, upcoming events, past events, future plans, and faculty listing.
- Cliff Steer : Heart Man - http://members.aol.com/cjsteer
Free video by a heart transplant patient, aimed at Jr. High kids, about positive life styles, the non-use of drugs and alcohol, and organ donation.
- Safety Links - http://www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/links/index.htm
Directory of links to information and articles on safety.
- Way2Hope - http://www.way2hope.org
Advice, information, research and links about a variety of issues, including alcoholism, debt, drug addiction, marriage problems, sexual abuse and weight issues.
- The UK Partnership for Global Health - http://www.ukglobalhealth.org/
A forum for people concerned at the impact of globalisation on global health. Includes documents, briefings and news.
- HealthWatch UK - http://www.healthwatch-uk.org/
Promotes the assessment and testing of treatments, whether 'orthodox' or 'alternative'.
- Health Issues Monthly - http://www.healthissuesmonthly.com/
Health related issues including global warming, alternative healing, cancer related, food, and nutrition.
- Health Facts and Fears - http://healthfactsandfears.com/
A news site promoting sound science and combating the hype and junk science. The issues covered include food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health.
- Death Is Inevitable - http://www.angelfire.com/rebellion/deathisinevitable/
Examination of theoretical justifications for coercive public health policies.
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