American Medical News
A weekly news magazine published by the American Medical Association for physicians.
Visitors to this site may view stories published in the current issue and may browse
a listing of featured articles published in past issues. Topics covered include
health-care policy making, regulatory issues, market trends, significant business
developments in the field of health care, technological developments and other current
events of interest to physicians.
Annals of Internal Medicine
Published by the American College of Physicians, Annals is the leading journal for
studies in internal medicine. The publication offers background and discussion of
issues that influence both physicians and patients. Visitors to this site may view
the full text of articles published in the journal's current issue, browse the tables
of contents from past issues and search the Annals archives.
ClinicalTrials.gov
Designed to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information
about clinical research studies. Users can search a database by keyword or browse
the database of clinical trials according to medical condition or trial sponsor.
This site also contains links connecting to sites offering basic information explaining
clinical trials, in-depth medical information concerning clinical trials, detailed
information concerning NIH-sponsored research and general consumer information related
to health care.
Dartmouth Atlas
of Health Care in the United States
Visitors to this site may access portions of studies pertaining to physician supply,
health-care utilization patterns and quality measurement done by the Center for
the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth Medical School. The site also contains
a listing of other available publications, software available for use with the Dartmouth
data and ordering information.
Health Affairs
This journal is dedicated to health care policy issues such the cost of health care,
access to health-care services, insurance rates and the market behavior of health-care
industry participants. Users can download full text copies of articles published
in the current issue, search past issues of the journal and browse the Tables of
Contents from past issues. Back issues and reprints of articles may be ordered for
a fee.
Journal of the American
Medical Association
JAMA offers articles discussing medical treatments and procedures, clinical studies,
national health-care trends and statistics, and physician-related health-care issues.
Users can obtain copies of articles published in the current issue of JAMA in PDF
format free of charge and can search the JAMA archives. Abstracts of articles printed
in past issues may be read free of charge and full text copies of the articles may
be ordered for a fee.
New
England Journal of Medicine
The NEJM, sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society, is a nationally known
publication offering articles concerning medical treatment guidelines, procedures,
clinical studies, and national health-care trends and statistics. Users can browse
the current issue or search the Journal archives. Abstracts of articles published
in the current issue or past issues may be read free of charge and full-text copies
of the articles may be ordered for a fee.
