A patient-information tool written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Common conditions, treatments and health tips are presented concisely and informatively.
Cabell's Directories in Education, Psychology, Business, Computer Sciences, Health Administration, & Nursing assist the professional researcher and write with manuscript guidelines, acceptance rating, review type, no. of reviewers and type of readership.
The publishers of PDR now provide the same information online for free at Drugs.com. This site includes an A-Z list of drugs, side effects, drug interaction reports and various medical reference tools to aid in searching.
The 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-5, published by The American Psychiatric Association, provides standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals, both clinicians and researchers.
3rd ed. Provides topics on the ethics of health professions, animal research, population control and the environment. Researchers can consider the impact of new scientific knowledge and its potential to harm or benefit present and future generations.
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is the international standard diagnostic classification for all general epidemiological and many health management purposes. These include the analysis of the general health situation of population groups and monitoring of the incidence and prevalence of diseases and other health problems in relation to other variables such as the characteristics and circumstances of the individuals affected.