Electronic Online Textbooks
listed by Clinical Specialty
(many may also be found on the Medical Professional Resources,
Nursing and
Allied Health Professional Resources, or Consumer Health & Education Resources pages)
Alternative
Medicine
Alternative Medicine and Rehabilitation: A Guide for Practitioners / Wainapel, Stanley F.; Fast, Avital, editors, Demos Medical Publishing, Inc.;
c2003.
This is meant as a guide to practitioners who are interested in adding one or more of the methods being discussed
to their therapeutic arsenal based on a critical analysis of the current literature.
Dictionary
Of Holistic Terms
Expanded Dictionary of Metaphysical Healthcare, Alternative Medicine, Paranormal
Healing, and Related Methods / Jack Raso; 1998.
Each of the 1,200 methods described in this book: (a) has a mystical or supernaturalistic application, theory,
significance, or pedigree; (b) has a name wherewith proponents or writers have called to mind a method, a group
of methods, a system, or a general "approach"; (c) has been portrayed as a means of improving and/or
delineating the health of individuals; and (d) has been a subject of uncritical public discourse in English since
the late 1950s. Synonyms for each method are in parentheses. Pronunciations are in brackets. Capitalization in,
hyphenation in, and italicization of names generally stem from the prevailing proponent style.
Nursing2006
Herbal Medicine Handbook
NEW EDITION!
Rakel: Integrative Medicine, 2nd
ed., 2007.
NEW EDITION!
Review of Natural Products
(2007)
Unconventional Cancer Therapies,
3rd ed., 2000.
This manual is designed to provide objective information for patients and their families on about 46 of the several
hundred unconventional alternative and complementary cancer therapies. The BC Cancer Agency
complied this information consisting of direct quotations from the medical, peer-reviewed book and journal literature.
Anatomy
Anatomy
of the Human Body
Frontiers in Bioscience provides the opportunity to view over
1,247 engravings of the human body, many in color, from Henry Gray's classic textbook which is fully indexed and
searchable. This resource provided through the Virtual Hospital of the University of Iowa.
Atlas
of Human Anatomy
Illustrations are lithographs – around 150 years old. A unique feature is the magnification tool that allows
close
Anesthesiology & Pain Management
Bonica's
Management of Pain
Clinical Anesthesia
The
Global Textbook of Anesthesiology
An electronic textbook dealing with clinical anesthesia issues to be used at the point of care. All chapters in
the Global Textbook of Anesthesiology have been written by experts and reviewed by the GTA international editorial
board.
ICU Book
Irwin & Rippe's Intensive Care Medicine
Miller: Miller's Anesthesia, 6th ed., 2005.
Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine
Ultrasound Guided Nerve Blocks / by Peter Hebbard, Michael Barrington, and Colin Royse; 2006.
This informative online textbook divided into four parts, covers the basics of ultrasound approaches to your favorite
nerve blocks and some useful blocks you may not have thought of in the practice specialty of regional nerve blocks.
The final chapter covers basic and advanced techniques for vascular access. Adobe
Acrobat Reader required.
The
Virtual Anaesthesia Textbook
Internet resources on anaesthesia are organized into one concise, textbook style website that can be browsed by
chapter from the index, or searched for whatever you want.
Cardiology
Atlas of Myocardial Perfusion SPECT
The atlas contains about seventy teaching cases from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
Cardiac Surgery in the Adult / L. Henry Edmunds, Jr., 2nd
ed., 2003.
Provides in-depth information regarding the selection, management, and outcomes of patients for whom surgery is
a therapeutic option.
Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Cardiology
EKG
World Encyclopedia
Produced at McGill University, consider this a "traditional text" on EKG interpretation with the main
thrust of the encyclopedia to simulate the environment seen in the hospital setting.
Encyclopedia
of Common Heart Disorders
This "book within a book" from the Yale University School of Medicine
intends to provide a concise overview of common cardiovascular disorders and symptoms. The free Adobe Acrobat Reader
is required for viewing this electronic textbook.
NEW EDITION!
Goldberger: Clinical Electrocardiography: A Simplified Approach, 7th ed., 2006.
Handbook
of Contrast Echocardiography : Left Ventricular Function and Myocardial Perfusion / Harald Becher and Peter N. Burns ; with a foreword by Sanjiv Kaul, 2000.
A readable handbook devoted exclusively to using contrast agents for cardiac applications. The
Coding
e-MDs ICD-9 Codes
This contains the entire list of official disease descriptions and their codes, plus over 50,000 alternate descriptions.
A color coded index increases coding efficiency and billing accuracy.
ICD-9-CM - Volumes 1, 2 and 3,
2007. 
ICD-9-CM International Classification of Diseases
ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting include the updated V Code Table
Effective December 1, 2005
These guidelines are a set of rules that have been developed to complement the official conventions and instructions
provided within the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition, Clinical Modification. Adherence to
the guidelines is required under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
ICD-9
Codes for Family Practice
"Search" by word, phrase, or ICD-9 code or use the "Browse" option to find items by ICD-9 code
groups.
ICD-10-PCS Coding System and Training Manual
The Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted 2006 updates to the
ICD-10 Procedure Coding System. In addition to code set changes and new draft coding guidelines, the updates include
a new map for converting ICD-9-CM procedure codes to ICD-10 procedure codes, and an updated map for converting
ICD-10 codes to ICD-9-CM codes.
Ingenix CPT with RVUs Data File 2007.
International
Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision
The World Health
Organization WHO provides all chapters including the Tabular
List of inclusions and four-character subcategories promoting the appropriate selection of classifications in the
range of settings in the health field across the world.
Critical
Care
Baum's Textbook of Pulmonary
Disease
ICU
Book
Irwin
& Rippe's Intensive Care Medicine
Dentistry
An Atlas of Cast Gold
Procedures / Rex Ingraham; 1964.
Though published over four decades ago, the text remains a useful tool of
case studies with thousands of illustrations and diagrams all reproduced in
color. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.
Dermatology
Dermatlas
- Dermatology Image Atlas
Johns Hopkins University has created this resource enabling health care professionals, parents, and patients to
access over 3400 high quality dermatology images for teaching and informational purposes.
Dermatology Atlas
Loyola University-Chicago Medical Education Network (LUMEN) presents a color dermatologic atlas.
Dermatology
Online Atlas
Browse over 4,000 images online.
DermPathTutor / by Mary Seabury Stone, Thomas L. Ray, 2001.
A tutorial in Dermatologic Pathology created and mantained by two physicians from the Department of Dermatology
at the University of Iowa.
The
Electronic Textbook of Dermatology
Targeted to the trained clinician with treatments and techniques described with color plates.
emedicine:
Dermatology
A multimedia peer-reviewed textbook that is constantly undergoing updating and revision.
Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas & Synopsis of Clinical
Dermatology
NEW EDITION!
Habif: Clinical Dermatology, 4th ed., 2004.
Skin Cancer and Benign Tumor Image Atlas
Loyola University-Chicago provides color plates of cancerous and benign skin growths.
Dictionaries
& Encyclopedias medical
Acronyms
and Initialisms for Health Information Resources
Acronyms for global information and data resources in health, medical, and veterinary sciences with some linked
to selected related Web sites.
ADAM
Medical Encyclopedia (on MEDLINEplus)
Search or browse alphabetically or by categories: Disease, Injury, Nutrition, Poison, Special, Surgery, Symptoms
& Tests.
BioTech's
Life Science Dictionary
8300+ terms deal with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and genetics.
Color
Atlas of Medical Diseases 2004
An interactive resource providing color illustrations of affected anatomy with descriptive signs, symptoms, treatment,
and prevention (when possible).
Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations, 5th ed.,
2005.
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
This "standard" medical reference resource provided by MerckSource.com
allows you to look up definitions for complex medical terms. Use this resource just as you would a printed dictionary.
Terms are listed within ranges of words, just like a dictionary page. Click the range of words where your term
would appear. Scroll down the listing within that range to find the definition you are seeking.
Expanded Dictionary of Metaphysical Healthcare, Alternative Medicine, Paranormal
Healing, and Related Methods / Jack Raso; 1998.
Each of the 1,200 methods described in this book: (a) has a mystical or supernaturalistic application, theory,
significance, or pedigree; (b) has a name wherewith proponents or writers have called to mind a method, a group
of methods, a system, or a general "approach"; (c) has been portrayed as a means of improving and/or
delineating the health of individuals; and (d) has been a subject of uncritical public discourse in English since
the late 1950s. Synonyms for each method are in parentheses. Pronunciations are in brackets. Capitalization in,
hyphenation in, and italicization of names generally stem from the prevailing proponent style.
Glossary
of Genetic Terms
The National Human
Genome Research Institute has produced this glossary that defines
and explains genetic terminology in both print and audio. Some features may require Adobe Acrobat Reader
or Real Player browser plug-ins.
MedicalMnemonics.com
A free, non-profit, online searchable database of medical mnemonics to help remember the important details. There
are many features allowing you to customize, download to your handheld device, search numerous ways, and even add
a mnemonic!
MedTerms.com
Created by MedicineNet.com this dictionary is in lay language and developed by physicians. Updated daily,
it boasts more than 10,000 entries. Begin by using the A to Z Index or by typing the term in the Search Box provided.
Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary
Find the latest word on medical terms including pronunciation guide and explanatory notes presented by InteliHealth.
On-line
Medical Dictionary
Academic Medicine and Cancerweb team up to provide detailed definitions of medical terms.
Rare Diseases Terms
This list includes rare diseases and conditions for which information requests have been made to the Office
of Rare Diseases. An orphan or rare disease is generally considered
to have a prevalence of fewer than 200,000 affected individuals in the United States though certain diseases with
200,000 or more affected individuals may be included.
Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 28th ed., 2006.
Stedman's
Medical Dictionary, 27th Edition.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins provides this classic medical reference to help you locate the word(s) you are
looking for by searching via keyword or browsing the alphabetical index of terms. Begin by typing your word into
the search box under the green Online Medical Dictionary
text.
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 20th ed., 2005
Taber's
Medical Encyclopedia
Search for more than 53,000 definitions of any medical term or phrase through RxList-The Internet Drug Index.
Whonamedit.com
This is biographical dictionary of medical eponyms. Its aim is to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena
named for a person, with a biography of that person.
Wordsmyth
English Dictionary-Thesaurus
This is an innovative language reference source that meshes the functions of a dictionary and a thesaurus with
powerful and flexible search capabilities.
The World
Book - Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center - Medical Encyclopedia
Provides information for the general public on various diseases and disorders, first aid, and preventive health.
Search by symptoms or browse alphabetically by topic. Also includes a multimedia gallery of photographs and videos
about common health issues.
WWWebster Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online.
yourDictionary.com
Provides the most comprehensive and authoritative set of dictionaries on the web with more than 1500 dictionaries
representing over 230 languages.
Emergency
Medicine
NEW EDITION!
Auerbach: Wilderness Medicine,
5th ed., 2007.
Buttaravoli
& Stair's Common Simple Emergencies
Longwood Information LLC
provides an abbreviated version of their manual of practical
steps and caveats in handling over 100 common conditions as seen in the emergency department.
California
Poison Control System Answer Book : Commonly-asked Questions about Poisonings and Prevention, 2nd ed./ by UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy and UC Davis Medical Group.
Utilizing uniform protocols and guidelines results in uniform quality poison information for the layperson. Although
this book can increase your knowledge about prevention and first aid, it is
not intended as a substitute for a call to the Poison Center
if you have a problem.
Casarett & Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science
of Poisons
emedicine:
Emergency Medicine
A multi-authored online medical reference.
Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide
Ford: Clinical Toxicology, 1st ed. 2001.
The Gist of Emergency
Medicine
Designed to refresh and reinforce troubleshooting in the ER by the emergency room physician.
Harwood-Nuss’ Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine
NEW EDITION!
Marx: Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 6th ed.,
2006.
Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook,
5th ed. / U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 2004.
The purpose of this publication is to assist in education of biological casualty management.
Medical Management of Radiological Casualties Handbook
/ Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, 2nd ed., 2003.
Concise information for the healthcare professional on the management of uncontrolled ionizing radiation exposure.
Roberts: Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine, 4th ed.,
2004.
Rosen & Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine
Consult
SurvivalIQ:
Basic Survival Medicine
This online book provides information, resources, strategies, and techniques for individuals planning on spending
time outdoors. There is a plethora of information on maintenance of health before and during emergencies. Much
of the information is based upon the 'U.S. Army Survival Manual'. Choose specific sections from the book referring
to the Table of Contents on the left side of the page.
Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Trauma Manual
Wilderness
Emergencies
Another emedicine textbook providing content that is continually updated and physician peer-reviewed acting as
a "what-to-do" when confronted with wilderness medical emergency situations.
Wills Eye Manual: Office and Emergency Room Diagnosis
& Treatment of Eye Disease
Endocrinology
& Metabolism
Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology & Infertility
Diabetes in America / National Diabetes
Data Group, 2nd ed., 1995.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health compilation
and assessment of epidemiologic, public health, and clinical data on diabetes and its complications in the United
States.
Endocrinology: An Integrated Approach
/ S.S. Nussey and S.A. Whitehead, 2001.
This book uses real cases to lead readers into the text and then describes the biochemistry, physiology, and anatomy
needed to understand the case. The user-friendly design utilizes colour-coded boxes to highlight the basic scientific
and clinical material required and also to describe the latest more advanced evidence integrating basic science
and clinical practice, encouraging problem-based learning, while leading readers deep into the subject.
The Genetic Landscape of Diabetes
/ by Laura Dean and Johanna McEntyre, 2004.
Diabetes has become a common disease that affects the lives of many Americans. Genetic variants that may place
you at risk for developing diabetes is complicated though this book is not. This book will remain up-to-date because
the links go to live sites with the latest published literature and data.
NEW EDITION!
Kronenberg: Williams Textbook of Endocrinology,
11th ed., 2008.
Principles and Practice of Endocrinology & Metabolism
The
Thyroid and Its Diseases
This website contains a newly revised version of the textbook with supplementary information providing
authoritative, complete
and current analysis of all aspects of human thyroid physiology and thyroid disease.
Werner & Ingbar's The Thyroid: A Fundamental
& Clinical Text
Family
Medicine
AAFP
Conditions A to Z, 2007.
American Academy of Family Practice Family Health & Medical Guide
45 flowcharts for self-diagnosis and self-care with easy to follow advice on when to consult your doctor from this
comprehensive resource.
The Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project
A comprehensive source for practical treatment strategies developed by physicians for physicians including numerous
helpful tables and graphics. Citations within the chapters are hyperlinked to a list of references at the bottom
of each chapter with many linked to the Medline abstracts wherever possible.
Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Family Medicine: Principles
and Practice, 6th ed., 2003.
NEW EDITION!
Ferri: Ferri's Clinical Advisor
2008: Instant Diagnosis
and Treatment, 10th ed. , 2008.
NEW EDITION!
5-Minute Clinical Consult
(formerly Griffith’s 5-Minute Clinical Consult)
GPnotebook
Created by four physicians in the UK, it provides a concise synopsis of the entire field of clinical medicine with
material organized systematically ensuring rapid retrieval of needed information.
Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care, 2005.
Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. 16th ed. 2005.
This online version of Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine becomes a regularly updated medical database
delivering high-quality information accessible via username and password available by contacting library staff.
Health
at Home: Your Complete Guide to Symptoms, Solutions, & Self-Care
The American Institute for Preventive Medicine provides a complete online guide to symptoms, solutions, and self-care.
The
Merck Manual of Medical Information--Home Edition
Complete and in-depth information on health issues, written in "easy-to-understand English" by nearly
200 leading medical experts. Now available in a multimedia interactive format or the original text-based version.
Noble: Textbook of Primary Care Medicine, 3rd ed., 2001.
Health
at Home: Your Complete Guide to Symptoms, Solutions, & Self-Care
The American Institute for Preventive Medicine provides a complete online guide to symptoms, solutions, and self-care.
Noble: Textbook of Primary Care Medicine, 3rd ed., 2001.
Oxford Textbook of Medicine
A
Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine / by Charlie Goldberg, 2000.
The web-based format allows for easy access to information through the integration of text, pictures, and sound.
The material is presented in a concise manner readily applicable to the common clinical scenarios that you will
see in day to day practice.
Primary Care
Offers comprehensive,
integrated information on the care of patients with prevalent diagnoses, primarily of a chronic nature, seen in
primary care.
Primary Care Medicine
Principles of Ambulatory Medicine
Rakel: Textbook of Family Medicine, 7th ed., 2007
Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics
Gastroenterology / Hepatology
Advances in the Management of
Gastric Cancer / edited by John S. Macdonald; c2006. Adobe
Acrobat Reader required.
Atlas
of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy / David M. Martin and Ralph
C. Lyons, 2001.
Practicing gastroenterlogists, Drs. Martin and Lyons, have produced an online atlas containing over 966 endoscopic
images.
Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Gastroenterology
NEW EDITION!
Feldman: Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver
Disease, 8th ed., 2006.
Feldman's
GastroAtlas Online
You'll find the complete contents of "Feldman's Atlas of Gastroenterology and Hepatology" offering a
comprehensive, image-enhanced reference for the diagnosis and management of GI diseases with over 4,000 thumbnail
and high resolution photos and schematics. Requires free
personal registration.
First
Principles of Gastroenterology: The Basis of Disease and an Approach to Management / edited by A.B.R. Thomson, E.A. Shaffer, 3rd ed.
The content has been adapted from one of the leading books in the field providing information on various topics
within gastroenterology, including diagnosis and treatment of related diseases and conditions.
Freytag, A. and Kutscha, M., transl. by Derst, T. Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Gastroenterology
And Hepatology / by Jatinder P. S. Ahluwalia, Mark A. Graber,
and William B. Silverman; 2003.
Helicobacter Pylori: Physiology and Genetics / Harry L.T. Mobley, George L.
Mendz, and Stuart L. Hazell, editors; c2001.
This searchable book summarizes and reviews the accumulated knowledge on this
important human pathogen.
Hepatitis
C Management
The Cleveland
Clinic's commitment to sharing their wealth of knowledge with
physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals across the country and all over the world is evident from this
online monograph.
A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Treatment of Early Colorectal Cancer /
edited by Edward Chu; c2007. Adobe
Acrobat Reader required.
Schiff's Diseases of the Liver
Textbook of Gastroenterology
General
Reference non-medical
Acronym
Finder
Searchable database containing common acronyms and abbreviations about all subjects.
Acronyms
and Initialisms for Health Information Resources
Acronyms for global information and data resources in health, medical, and veterinary sciences with some linked
to selected related Web sites.
Almanac
of Policy Issues
Comprehensive, unbiased background information and links on major U.S. public policy issues.
Almanacs
Search for information from all of the Information Please Almanacs.
American
Heritage® Book of English Usage
A practical and authoritative guide to contemporary English with a detailed look at grammar, style, diction, word
formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms.
American
Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
This Fourth Edition provides over 90,000 entries featuring 10,000 new words.
Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations
This tenth edition contains over 9,000 quotations that retains quotes that were edited out in subsequent editions.
Citing
Electronic Material, APA
Electronic reference formats recommended by the American Psychological Association.
Columbia
Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2000.
Containing nearly 51,000 entries with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references.
Elements
of Style
William Strunk, Jr. gives in brief, the principal requirements of plain English style while concentrating attention
on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.
Encyclopaedia
Britannica Online
Online version of the oldest and largest general reference in the English language, with more than 70,000 articles.
Unfortunately, this resource no longer provides free full text.
Everybody's
Legal Dictionary
As a work in progress, this dictionary contains plain-English definitions for over a thousand legal terms from
Nolo.
FreeTranslation.com
An easy-to-use site for rapid translations where you get the
"gist" of foreign language text and web pages simply by typing or pasting a web site page URL address
or specific text. The languages include Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portugese, and Norwegian.
How Stuff
Works
Have you ever wondered how the engine in your car works or what makes the inside of your refrigerator cold? Then
How Stuff Works is the place for you!
Instructions for Authors in the Health Sciences
These pages contain links to Web sites which provide instructions to authors for over 3,000 journals in the health
and life sciences.
Nolo's
Legal Encyclopedia
Choose among hundreds of articles on many different legal topics with every one written in plain-English that you've
come to expect from the experts at Nolo.
Old
Farmer's Almanac
Useful information for people in all walks of life.
OneLook®
Dictionary Search
More than 5 million words in more than 800 online dictionaries are indexed by the OneLook® search engine. If
you don't know how to spell the word it will help you do that too. No word is too obscure.
Online Etymology
Dictionary
Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000
years ago. If you are looking for a word's origin, try here!
Real
Life Dictionary of the Law: Taking the Mystery Out of Legal Language
/ by Gerald N. Hill and Kathleen Hill, 1997.
This is a source where you will find 'translated' legal lingo into comprehensible language.
Roget's
Thesaurus
Defines all entry words and their corresponding synonyms.
Roget's
II: The New Thesaurus, 3rd ed., 1995.
Containing 35,000 synonyms in an easy-to-use format, this thesaurus features succinct word definitions and an innovative
hyperlinked category index by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Spellex
Medical Spelling Checker
Medical and Pharmaceutical online spelling verification resource.
Webopedia
An online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology from internet.com.
WWWebster Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online.
Wordsmyth
English Dictionary-Thesaurus
This is an innovative language reference source that meshes the functions of a dictionary and a thesaurus with
powerful and flexible search capabilities.
NEW EDITION!
World
Fact Book 2008
Prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for the use of US Government officials, and the style, format, coverage,
and content are designed to meet their specific requirements.
yourDictionary.com
Provides the most comprehensive and authoritative set of dictionaries on the web with more than 1500 dictionaries
representing over 230 languages.
Geriatric
Medicine
NEW EDITION!
Duthie: Practice of Geriatrics, 4th
ed., 2007.
Geriatric Medicine: An Evidence Based Approach, 4th ed., 2003.
Geriatrics
At Your Finger Tips Online Edition 2006-2007 / by David B.
Reuben, Keela A. Herr, [et al], American Geriatrics Society, 8th ed.; 2006.
This online version provides quick access to specific information needed to care for older persons in various health
care settings. FREE registration required.
The
Merck Manual of Geriatrics
Information about normal and abnormal aging, diagnosis, management, and treatment of disease and important updates
on the legal and ethical issues relevant to clinicians.
The
Merck Manual of Health & Aging
This specialized manual continues their commitment to education and geriatric care, providing information on aging
and the care of older people in words understandable by the lay public.
Older Americans Update 2006: Key Indicators of Well-Being / Federal Interagency Forum on Aging; 2006.
This report provides data on the overall status of the U.S. population 65 years of age and over, presenting a broad
set of indicators of well being for this population group. It is hoped that these data and trends will help target
efforts to improve the lives of older Americans. Download the entire book (Adobe
Acrobat Reader required) or only the sections you need.
One
Patient, Many Places: Managing Health Care Transitions
This monograph addresses ways improvements can be made concerning the quality of transisitions among care venues
for individuals with complex needs. Transitions from one care setting to another often parallel transitions in
health status. Adobe
Acrobat Reader required.
Reichel's Care of the Elderly: Clinical Aspects
of Aging
Seminars in Old Age Psychiatry
/
Edited by Rob Butler & Brice Pitt, c1998.
This online textbook published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
contains chapters covering assessment through management and treatment in the mental health of the aged.
Adobe
Acrobat Reader required.
Healthcare,
Policy, Law, & Insurance
Aiming Higher:
Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance / by Joel C. Cantor
and Dina Belloff, 2007.
The Commonwealth Fund has released the first-ever, comprehensive comparison of
health system performance in all 50 states. This report ranks states on 32
performance indicators of access, quality, avoidable hospital use and costs,
equity, and "healthy lives." Adobe
Acrobat Reader required.
Almanac
of Policy Issues: Health
Health-related issues, including health insurance coverage, public health initiatives, health-related research,
and major federal programs like Medicaid and Medicare, are the focus of this section in the Almanac of Policy Issues.
America's
Health Care Safety Net: Intact but Endangered /
Marion
Ein
Lewin and Stuart Altman, editors, 2000.
America's Health Care Safety Net explains how competition and cost issues in today's health care marketplace are posing
major challenges to continued access to care for America’s poor and uninsured. Presented in full text from National
Academy Press.
Building
a Better Delivery System: A New Engineering/Health Care Partnership
/ edited by Proctor P. Reid, W. Dale Compton, et al., 2005.
Describes opportunities and challenges in advancement in the delivery of safe, patient-centered, efficient, equitable
health care in the United States.
Care
Without Coverage: Too Little, Too Late /
Committee on the
Consequences of Uninsurance, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine; 2002.
This report is the second of six that will constitute an extensive review of research intended to paint an accurate
portrait of who lacks health insurance and why, along with the personal, social, and economic consequences. Being
uninsured magnifies the health risks for chronically sick and mentally ill patients, as well as for groups that
are already at greater risk of poor health. Glaringly stated, Americans without health insurance are more likely
to have poorer health and die prematurely than those with insurance.
Coverage
Matters: Insurance and Health Care /
Committee on the Consequences
of Uninsurance, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine; 2001.
This report from the Institute of Medicine is the first of six that will constitute an extensive review of public
policy, economic, and health services research intended to paint an accurate portrait of who lacks health insurance
and why, along with the personal, social, and economic consequences.
Crossing
the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century
/ Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine; 2001.
Second in a series of publications from the Institute of Medicine's Quality of Health Care in America project,
this book recommends a sweeping redesign of the American health care system.
The Dartmouth
Atlas of Health Care
Brings together researchers in diverse disciplines - including epidemiology, economics, and statistics - focusing
in on the accurate description of how medical resources are distributed and used in the United States.
Describing
Death in America: What We Need to Know /
June R. Lunney,
Kathleen M. Foley, Thomas J. Smith, and Hellen Gelband, Editors; 2003.
This