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Nursing and Midwifery
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Key Resources
Reference:- Atlas of Human Anatomy in Cross Section
- Human Anatomy Online
- MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary
- Medterms Medical Dictionary - online
- Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
- MIMS Online
- The Online Medical Dictionary
- Urbana Atlas of Pathology
Statistics
Nursing & Midwifery Statistics:- An Aging World
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Australian Institute of Health & Welfare
- Australian Statistical Internet Sites
- The Burden of Disease in Local Government Areas of Victoria
- ChildStats.gov
- Commonwealth Parliamentary Library Resource Guides
- Community Profiler
- FEDSTATS
- Finfacts Worldwide 2005 Cost of Living Survey
- Human Development Reports
- Know Your Own Area - From the Victorian Government's Department of Sustainability and Environment
- Official Statistics by Country, Region and Topic
- Social Health Atlas of Australia
- 2001 National Health Survey
- WHOIS (World Health Statistical Information System)
Internet Resources
- Australian Drug Foundation
- Australian Centre for Evidence Based Clinical Practice (Locating clinical guidelines)
- Association for Australian Rural Nurses Inc.
- Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC), formerly the Australian Nursing Council
- Australian Nursing Federation
- Cancer Council of Australia
- Down Syndrome Association of Victoria
- The Fred Hollows Foundation (Aus)
- Health Information Management Association of Australia Ltd.
- National Breast Cancer Centre - Australia
- National Stroke Foundation (Aus)
- Royal District Nursing Service
- Southern School of Natural Therapies
- Spinney Press Australian Health and Wellbeing Links
- Victoria's Public Hospital System
- World Health Organisation
Government Departments/Information
- Access to Australian Government Information
- Australian Department of Health and Ageing
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- CDC Wonder (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) on the Web .
- Clinician's Health Channel - The Clinicians Health Channel aims to service the needs of clinicians - doctors, nurses and allied health professionals - in Victorian public hospitals. To gain access, users must be associated with hospitals funded by the Victorian Department of Human Services
- Health Status of Victorians
- Mental Health and Wellbeing (Aus)
- National Institute of Clinical Studies
- New South Wales - Health Portfolio (Aus)
- Office of the Chief Nursing Officer - NSW Operations
- Victoria - Department of Human Services - Loddon Mallee Region (Aus)
- Victorian Public Health Division
- Emedical
- HealthGate
- Health Insite
- Health Matters - ABC's gateway to health
- Healthfinder
- Librarians' Index to the Internet- Health
- Medicine Online
- Nmap (UK) - resources in Nursing, Midwifery & the Allied Health
- A.R.O. - Ageing Research Online
- Australian Institute of Family Studies
- National Health Data Dictionary - The National Health Data Dictionary, Version 10, 2001, updates the data definitions recommended for use in Australian health data collections
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- National Institute of Clinical Studies
- Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health - An ongoing project by Newcastle University that is exploring women's health throughout the life span.
- Nurse Researcher Online - The free access area includes book reviews and links to the Nursing Standard book club
- RD Direct - A professional service for all researchers working in health and social care settings
- ARCHI
- Trip Database (Turning Research Into Practice) - Includes evidence-based information, clinical guidelines, medical images, eTextbooks, patient leaflets, peer-reviewed journals via PubMed.
- Clinical Evidence
- Cochrane Library- The Cochrane Collaboration is an international organisation that aims to help people make well informed decisions about healthcare by preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions.
- Evidence-Based Medicine - University of Hertfordshire - Evidence-based medicine (EBM evidence-based health care/practice), has become one of the major driving forces in the NHS with an impact on education, policy making and research.
- Finding Australian Content in Healthcare - A select list of Internet sites with Australian content to support Australian healthcare workers and researchers.
- Joanna Briggs Institute - For Evidence Based Nursing & Midwifery. JBI is based at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and the Adelaide University . Login and password are required - please contact the Information Desk
- NHMRC Clinical Practice Guidelines (Australia) - The Australian Government, through its National Health & Medical Research Council, offers access to a range of guidelines for consumers and healthcare professionals through this website.
- SUMSearch
- Australian Nutrition Foundation
- Health Sociology - From the Australian Sociological Association.
- Health Sociology Review - Explores the contribution of sociology and sociological research methods to the understanding of health and illness; to health policy, promotion and practice.
- ACT Health & Community Care Library
- Alternative and Complementary Medicine
- Health Communication Network - HCN
- Holistic Health Topics - Features alternative medicine, natural therapies, and nutrition sites
- International Life Sciences Institute
- Medicine Australia
- National Health Report from the ABC
- North Eastern Victorian Division of General Practice
- United Nations
- United States National Library of Medicine