Last update: October 2008, by Mick Draper

Table of Contents

Cancer	Pain
Ethics	Palliative and Terminal Care
Grief and Loss	Databases

Cancer

• Cancer sources for public users outside and inside The University of Adelaide Library
• Cancer Topics Has many cancer links for the public and professionals. From National Cancer Institute (USA). Includes Loss, Grief and Bereavement PDQ
• Hardin Meta Directory - Cancer Lists sites that have lists of cancer sites. From From Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa.
• Intute: health and life sciences Neoplasms A compilation of sites
• Medicine Online Cancer Links A large wide ranging compilation of cancer sites. From UltiTech, Inc. of Stratford, CT USA.
• WHO Cancer WHO strategy for reducing cancer morbidity, and mortality; publications; and epidemiology.
  

Ethics

• Bioethics A compilation of US bioethics sites by Sharon Stoerger Includes academic centres, events, US govt agencies, organisations, and publications See also the very similar Bioethics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Bioethics Portal A compilation of link from the Australian Federal Govt
• Bioethics Resources on the Web A compilation from the (US) National Institutes of Health
• Intute: health and life sciences Ethics, Medical A compilation of sites including Bioethics.
• National Health and Medical Research Council Human and Research Ethics Information on committees, projects, and guidelines
  

Grief and Loss

• Death, Grief and Mourning Resources A compilation of sites from about.com.
• GriefLink Death related grief resources for professionals and the community. S.A. Dept of Human Services, National Association for Loss & Grief (S.A.) Inc, & The University of Adelaide.
• Intute: health and life sciences Bereavement A UK compilation of sites
• Intute: health and life sciences Death UK compilation of sites
• Intute: health and life sciences Grief A UK compilation of sites
• Mental Health Grief Resources Sites are rated, and listed by rating. From Mental Health Net Dublin Ohio.
• Sociology of Death and Dying Links on the sociology of death from Trinity University

Click here to search PubMed Search for general practice and grief or mourning or bereavement

Pain

• Intute health and life sciences Pain Includes sites on therapy, nursing, prevention & control, terminology, & aetiology.
• Pain Research A compilation of links by C. Richard Chapman, Pain Research Center, University of Utah.

Click here to search PubMed for general practice and chronic pain

Palliative & Terminal Care

• CareSearch: An electronic resource for palliative care Covers databases including search strategies, Australian theses, grey literature, information on current Australian projects, legal aspects and much more. An excellent resource.
• Guidelines for the Aged Care GP Panels Initiative August 2007 From the Australian Govt Department of Health and Ageing
• Intute: health and life sciences Palliative Care A compilation of sites which includes reports, guidelines, patient education etc.
• Intute: health and life sciences Terminal Care A compilation of sites on terminal care.
• Palliative Care Council of South Australia
• Rural Palliative Care Program From Australian General Practice Network

Click here to search PubMed for general practice and  palliative or terminal care excluding euthanasia and assisted suicide.

Click here to search PubMed for general practice and euthanasia or assisted suicide.

BSL Mental Health/Psychiatry Internet Resources

Compiled by Maureen Bell

Databases: Search for Recent Journals

• BSL Sources of information Selected medicine and dentistry databases available to University of Adelaide staff and students.
• Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences A long list of 'instructions for authors' pages for journals. In alphabetical order by journal title. From Raymon H. Mulford Library Medical College of Ohio.

 
• Medline
• NLM Gateway Provides simultaneous searching in MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, AIDS Meetings, HSR Meetings, HSRProj, MEDLINEplus and DIRLINE.
• BSL PubMed tutorial This tutorial covers the main points of searching etc.
• PubMed Tutorial from National Library of Medicine. How to use PubMed efficiently.
• PubMed A customised version of Medline which includes very up to date citations Uni of Adelaide Community only
   
• Psycinfo
This database contains references to books, book chapters, and journal articles on psychology and related areas such as sociology, linguistics, medicine, physiology, business, psychiatry, and anthropology.
• Sociological Abstracts
An index and abstracts of journal articles, books and dissertations on most aspects of sociology and related areas

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