Dr. Weinberg's guide to the best health resources on the Web.9780061373367 Dr. Weinberg's guide to the best health resources on the Web. Weinberg, Harlan R. Harper Collins Publishers 2008 275 pages $14.95 Paperback R859 To simplify Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the medical topic searches, Dr. Weinberg (Northern Westchester Northern Westchester refers to the northern portion of Westchester County, New York (USA), a suburban area north of New York City. Northern Westchester County is generally a wealthier area, and it is also considerably more rural (or at least rural-looking) than its southern Hospital, Mt. Kisco, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) presents an annotated list of reliable general online health resources, collections by disease/topic, and even aerospace medicine resources. The guide lists academic and consumer sites ranging from AIDS/HIV to wound care, indicating whether they are free or require subscription. Patients are apt to be especially interested in sites on clinical trials and patients' rights The legal interests of persons who submit to medical treatment. For many years, common medical practice meant that physicians made decisions for their patients. This paternalistic view has gradually been supplanted by one promoting patient autonomy, whereby patients and . ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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