• Talking With Your Doctor - This page from MedlinePlus® provides a variety of links to general & disease specific health communication tips.
  Web Address / URL:
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/talkingwithyourdoctor.html

• All Easy-to-Read Health and Medical Sites - This page from MedlinePlus® a directory of links to health information on a wide variety of topics written in plain language. Web Address / URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/easytoread/all_easytoread.html

• Evaluating Health Information -  This page from MedlinePlus® provides links to numerous resources from professional associations, organizations, and governmental agencies on how to find and evaluate health/medical information. Web Address / URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/evaluatinghealthinformation.html

• General Health Care Resources - The General Health Care Resources section on the Nursing Web Links site provides direct access to many health and medical websites which provide information on a wide range of topics. Web Address / URL:
  http://www.monroecc.edu/depts/library/nursing/GeneralHealthCare.htm

• Health Fraud - This page from MedlinePlus® offers the following categories of information on health fraud: Overviews, Related Issues, Organizations, Law and Policy, and Seniors.
  Web Address / URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthfraud.html

• My Family Health Portrait - My Family Health Portrait is part of the U.S. Surgeon General's Family History Initiative. This website allows you to create a personalized family health history report from any computer with an Internet connection and an up-to-date Web browser. The "Help with this page" and "FAQs" links provide additional information about this tool.
  Web Address / URL: https://familyhistory.hhs.gov/

• My Trip to the Hospital Coloring Book - From the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), this coloring book is designed to make a child feel at ease about going to the hospital. It also includes information for parents. A link to download the coloring book is located on the ASA website at the following URL.
  Web Address / URL: http://www.asahq.org/patientEducation/mytrip.htm

• NIH MedlinePlus Magazine - "NIH MedlinePlus Magazine is a new quarterly guide for patients and their families. It brings the latest and most authoritative medical and healthcare information from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as featured online on the MedlinePlus website." Web Address / URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/magazine.html

• Partnership for Clear Health Communication - "A coalition of national organizations that are working together to promote awareness and solutions around the issue of low health literacy and its effect on health outcomes." Web Address / URL: http://www.askme3.org/PFCHC/

• Patient Resources from Merck Medicus - "Patient resources including handouts, clinical trials, websites, and medical news in the media."
  Web Address / URL:
  http://www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/templates/tier2/patientEdu.jsp

• Patient Rights - This page from MedlinePlus® provides links to information on patient's rights, including law and policy issues such as the Patient's Bill of Rights and informed consent.
  Web Address / URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/patientrights.html

• Pharmacy and You - This site from the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and APhA Foundation is designed to bring patients the latest information about how to work with their pharmacist to help them make the most of their medicines.
  Web Address / URL: http://www.pharmacyandyou.org/

• Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages (SPIRAL) - A joint initiative of the South Cove Community Health Center and Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library, the project aims to provide access to consumer health information in English, Chinese, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Laotian, and other languages.
  Web Address / URL: http://spiral.tufts.edu/

• Web Sources for Patient Education Handouts - From Oregon Health & Science University Libraries, a collection of links to patient education materials in English, Non-English, and Low Literacy language. 
  Web Address / URL: http://www.ohsu.edu/library/patiented/links.shtml

Revised 12/2007

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