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Health & medicine

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Search online reference books on:

Subscription site: accessible from Westminster Libraries or remotely with a library membership card. Credo Reference (formerly Xreferplus) for medicine  
Subscription site: accessible from Westminster Libraries or remotely with a library membership card. Know UK for health & welfare  
Subscription site: accessible from Westminster Libraries or remotely with a library membership card. Oxford Reference Online for medicine  

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Health information at Marylebone Information Service
Find out what's available in the Westminster Libraries Health Information collection.

WELDIS
Details of services in and around Westminster for: older people, carers, people with disabilities, chronic illness, mental health or substance misuse problems.

Webtastic! Cool websites for homework and funPHSE homework?
See Webtastic


NHS Choices (Replaces NHS Direct)
Includes information about the NHS and the 24 hour advice line staffed by nurses, a self-help guide, a search box for local services such as doctors and dentists, and a health encyclopedia explaining key medical concepts.

British Medical Journal
Features a searchable archive back to 1994 with full text research articles and BMJ Careers for job advertisements and educational opportunities.

Medline
Long-established database of medical articles and reports from a huge range of international journals. Not simple to use, but offers on-site tutorials.

BBC Health
Gateway site to a wide range of health issues, and links to current TV & radio programmes.

 

other links

Conditions & treatment         Health Services         Drugs & medicine

Alternative therapies        Disabilities        Mental health

Child & adolescent health        Women's health        Men's health

Older people's health        See also