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Here are some helpful links related to health care and health communication:
Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services is dedicated to a better state of health in Arkansas. Here is their website: http://www.healthyarkansas.com/ The Autism Society of America is the "voice of the autism community." Note that one in every 150 children has an autism spectrum disorder so an understanding of this disorder is vital. Here is their website: http://www.autism-society.org Autism Speaks is a website is dedicated to research and education about autism. See the short video on called "Austim Everyday" which shows the daily life of struggles of raising a child with autism. This 13 minute video was featured on Good Morning America. Here is the website: http://www.autismspeaks.org/sponsoredevents/autism_every_day.php Center for Medical Consumers is a non-profit advocacy organization designed to bring science-based medical information to the public so that consumers can participate more meaningfully in medical issues that affect their health. They have an article called "Rein in those Deceptive Ads" in which they suggest guidelines for the FDA to follow in reining in deceptive drug ads: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0815/is_5_29/ai_n6134442 The History of Learning/History of Medicine website is an educational site that covers the history of health and medicine from ancient times through today. Here is their website: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/history_of_medicine.htm Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is a non-for-profit organization leading the improvement of health care throughout the world. Here is their website: http://www.ihi.org Here is an article on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's website about the Planetree organization: Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Humanizing the Hospital Newstarget.com posted an article called The great direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising con: how patients and doctors alike are easily influenced to demand dangerous drugs: Read it here: http://www.newstarget.com/z010315.html Our kids
offers information and support for parents and caregivers of children with
special needs. They provide a listserve so that parents/caregivers can have
access to social support and information on a continual basis. Here is their
page: http://www.our-kids.org Planetree.org is an organization dedicated to patient-centered care. Here is their homepage: http://www.planetree.org Tamaskar, P., & Rising, J. Theoretical models of delivering universal health care: An analysis of important concepts. Retrieved on July 28, 2006. http://www.amsa.org/pdf/model.pdf Vegni, E., Visioli, S., Moja, E. A., (2005). When talking to the patient is difficult: The physician's perspective. Communication and Medicine, 2, pp. 69-76. http://www.atypon-link.com/WDG/doi/pdf/10.1515/come.2005.2.1.69 |
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This website is maintained by Marceline Thompson Hayes, mhayes@astate.edu This page last updated August 21, 2007 Arkansas State University |
