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  • World Health Organization Offers the key definition of health and provides additional information on health statistics across the globe.
  • World Health Organization WHO homepage where considerable information can be accessed.
  • Wellcome library The history of medicine library funded and hosted by Wellcome.
  • SF-36 The home page of the SF-36 and the other SF measures of quality of life. Provides considerable information on the measurement technique and its development.

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  • Cancer Backup Backup cancer charity providing information and support on breast cancer.
  • Breast Cancer Husband A website from an author of a book on being the husband of a woman with breast cancer. Although trying to sell the book, the website does include some relevant information and a message board.
  • Chemocare Providing the latest information about chemotherapy to patients and their families, caregivers and friends.

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  • The Jean Piaget Society The Jean Piaget Society is an international, inter-disciplinary society with a membership of scholars, teachers and researchers interested in exploring the nature of the developmental construction of human knowledge. A rather dry website that presents information on the Society and some background on Jean Piaget.
  • Learning and Teaching site The Learning site provides a brief overview of part of the field. This link takes you to a brief overview of Piaget and his work. A useful site, however, for the range of information it contains not just on Piaget but also on such topics as behaviourism, humanism and other topics covered in this text. Primarily for teachers, a useful background set of information.
  • Dreams come true A charity whose aim is to fulfil the dreams of terminally ill children.

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  • Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) ASH is a campaigning public health charity working for a comprehensive societal response to tobacco aimed at achieving a sharp reduction and eventual elimination of the health problems caused by tobacco.
  • Society for Research into Nicotine and Tobacco The mission of the society is to stimulate the generation of new knowledge concerning nicotine in all its manifestations – from molecular to societal.
  • WHO resource on tobacco Mortality and morbidity statistics for individual countries.
  • Smokefree The UK’s online community for quitting smokers by quitting smokers.
  • Department of Health Tobacco page Provides a range of links on tobacco use and policy developments.
  • eBMJ collected resources on smoking Over 300 papers on smoking.
  • Institute of Alcohol Studies The Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) is an educational body with the basic aims of (1) increasing knowledge of alcohol and the social and health consequences of its misuse and (2) encouraging and supporting the adoption of effective measures for the management and prevention of alcohol-related problems. The Institute is financially independent of both government and the drinks industry and is supported by the Alliance House Foundation, a registered educational charity.
  • Department of Health alcohol misuse pages The pages are intended primarily as a resource for a wide range of professionals and managers. Some of the information will also be of interest to parents, young people and students.
  • eBMJ collected resource on alcohol Over 50 articles on alcohol use and abuse.

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  • American Institute of Stress Dedicated to advancing understanding of: the role of stress in health and illness; the nature and importance of mind-body relationships and the potential for self-healing.
  • International Stress Management Association The ISMA exists to promote sound knowledge and best practice in the prevention and reduction of human stress. It sets professional standards for the benefit of individuals and organisations using the services of its members.
  • UK National Work-Stress Network This site is intended to help raise the profile of work-related stress, its causes and how we can move towards eliminating it.
  • Guide to Psychology Practice A common-sense approach to the management of frequent psychological problems.
  • Centre for Stress Management The Centre for Stress Management is an international training centre and consultancy which runs modular courses in stress management, stress counselling, psychotherapy and coaching suitable for professionals wishing to gain more knowledge and skills practice in these subjects.
  • Health and Safety Executive leaflets on stress As it says on the tin!
  • HSE stress site These pages explain what HSE is doing to address the issue of stress at work, and provide access to a range of information, resources and further points of contact.
  • Stress – virtual library The Stress Virtual Library keeps track of online information as part of the World Wide Web Virtual Library. Sites are inspected and evaluated for their adequacy as information sources before they are linked from here.

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  • Systematic reviews on pain Bandolier list of all systematic reviews on pain (up until 1999).
  • University of Bath pain links A thorough set of links from this recognised department.
  • Liverpool University Pain Research Institute The Pain Research Institute is part of the University of Liverpool, Department of Neurological Science. The Institute carries out research into the causes and treatment of chronic pain in humans.
  • International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) IASP is a non-profit professional organisation dedicated to furthering research on pain and improving the care of patients with pain.
  • The UK Pain Society The British Pain Society is the largest multidisciplinary professional organisation in the field of pain within the UK. Their membership comprises medical pain specialists, nurses, physiotherapists, scientists, psychologists, occupational therapists and other healthcare professionals actively engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of pain and in pain research for the benefit of patients.
  • The Oxford Pain Internet Site This site is for anyone with a professional or personal interest in pain and analgesia. It is firmly based in the principles of evidence-based medicine and has pulled together systematic reviews with pain as an outcome.
  • Back pain guide Provides a good, introductory overview on the models of pain.
  • Partners against pain An excellent title!

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  • UK Society for Behavioural Medicine The UK Society for Behavioural Medicine (UKSBM) works towards integrating knowledge of biology, behaviour and the environment to prevent and treat disease.
  • Encyclopaedia of Surgery The Encyclopaedia of Surgery has been written by various experts in the field of surgery and has been written specifically for health care students and patients.

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  • Breast Cancer Care Breast Cancer Care is the UK’s leading provider of information, practical assistance and emotional support for anyone affected by breast cancer.
  • British Heart Foundation The aim of the British Heart Foundation is to play a leading role in the fight against disease of the heart and circulation so that it is no longer a major cause of disability and premature death.
  • Whitehall II Study Details of the methodology and the results obtained so far.
  • Whitehall II Study Homepage of the Whitehall II study.
  • Royal College of Physicians (RCP) How the NHS manages heart attacks as prepared by the RCP.
  • Cancer Research UK CancerHelp provides a free information service about cancer and cancer care for people with cancer and their families.
  • Framingham Heart Study In 1948, the Framingham Heart Study started to explore the general causes of heart disease and stroke. This website presents an overview of the study with all the publications since 1954 being listed.

Chapter 20

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  • Cancer Backup Backup cancer charity providing information and support on breast cancer.
  • Breast Cancer Husband A website from an author of a book on being the husband of a woman with breast cancer. Although trying to sell the book, the website does include some relevant information and a message board.
  • Chemocare Providing the latest information about chemotherapy to patients and their families, caregivers and friends.