Duke University Medical Center Library Online - Alphabetical list of e-books

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AAFP Conditions A to Z: Conditions listed by the American Academy of Family Physicians available in both English and Spanish; a selection from the Stat!Ref electronic book collection.

Abeloff's Clinical Oncology: Abeloff, Martin D.

ACPMedicine: Formerly referred to as Scientific American Medicine, and (SAM) Online, ACPMedicine still offers access to the familiar loose-leaf publication (no longer kept up-to-date). The site is updated monthly and covers internal medicine subspecialties, clinical updates, FDA Drug Approvals, CME credits, and more. Please note: Use of this resource is restricted to Duke IP addresses.

ACS Surgery: Principles and Practice: Souba, Wiley W.; An official American College of Surgeons publication, ACS Surgery: Principles & Practice offers authoritative recommendations on current surgical care from over 200 master surgeons. Organized in a "body-system" format, ACS Surgery guides users to recommendations to aid in surgical decision making. The database is continually updated with the latest standards of technique and practice. It contains over 100 decision-making algorithms that diagram the diagnostic and therapeutic pathways for virtually every condition of interest to general surgeons and over 1,500 superb drawings, graphs, and photos, many in four color, highlight key points and enhance your understanding.

Advance Data From Vital and Health Statistics: These reports provide early release of data from the National Center for Health Statistics' health and demographic surveys. Many of these releases are followed by detailed reports in the Vital and Health Statistics series.; Index/Abstract Area; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation: Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Advancing Higher Education in Nursing: Annual Report: State of the nation's schools with bachelor's and graduate-degree programs in nursing.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

AHFS Consumer Medication Information: This resource contains useful information on more than 1000 drugs and patients can find out why a particular medication is prescribed, how the medication should be taken, and be advised what to do if you have missed a dose. Side effects, both common and rare, are also listed

Allied Health Job Vacancy Tracking Report: Fraher, Erin P.; A project initiated by the Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC-Chapel Hill and others to track allied health job vacancies in North Carolina.

Alternative Medicine and Rehabilitation: A Guide for Practitioners: Wainapel, Stanley F.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Ambulatory and Inpatient Procedures in the United States: This report presents estimates of surgical and nonsurgical procedures performed in the United States. Data are presented by characteristics of patients, region of the country, and procedure categories for ambulatory and inpatient procedures - separately and combined. This report combines data collected from the 1996 National Hospital Discharge Survey and the 1996 National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery.; Index/Abstract Area; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

America's Children: Key Indicators of Well-Being: This is the inaugural issue of America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators. Statistics will now be updated annually on the childstats.gov website and alternate publishing of the more detailed report. The full reports have been available online since 1997.

The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of of Geriatric Psychiatry: Blazer, Dan G.; This volume covers not only the wide range of important mental diseases of late life but also the so-called normal age changes that result in biological, social, and behavioral changes in older adults.; Res. Rm. WT150 G313; First published under title: Geriatric psychiatry.; Also called Textbook of Geriatric psychiatry.

The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry: Hales, Robert E.; An authoritative educational reference and clinical compendium with an interactive self-assessment study guide.

The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology: Schatzberg, Alan F.; Updates the previous edition material and added several chapters on important (often emerging) areas not previously covered.; Earlier editions published under title: The American Psychiatric Press textbook of psychopharmacology

The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment: Galanter, Marc.; Fully updated, this edition covers the basic science and psychology underlying additions.

Anatomy of the Human Body: Lewis, Warren H.; Bartleby.com's searchable electronic version of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body. This edition, originally published in 1918, is the 20th edition, thoroughly revised and re-edited by Warren H. Lewis.

Animal-Borne Epidemics Out of Control: Threatening the Nation's Health: The report examines our government's ineffective and piecemeal response to controlling West Nile virus, monkeypox, Mad Cow disease, chronic wasting disease, and Lyme disease.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Annual Reviews Collection: Reproduced from the Annual Reviews Series. Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Antiretroviral Resistance in Clinical Practice: Geretti, Anna Maria; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

APA Style: Psychology with Style, A Hypertext Writing Guide: Plonsky, M.; Website summarizes some 5th ed. APA style rules.

Approved Drug Products With Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations: Identifies drug products approved on the basis of safety and effectiveness by the Food and Drug Administration under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The Electronic Orange Book Query enables searching of the approved drug list by active ingredient, proprietary name, applicant holder or applicant number. Includes a link to the full-text PDF under "Publications."; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Approved Lists of Bacterial Names: Skerman, V.B.D.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Association Between Body Size and Mortality in Later Life: Himes, Christine L.; This paper extends our current understanding of the relationship between body size and mortality by using two nationally representative, longitudinal datasets of individuals at older ages.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

ATCC: The Global Bioresource Center: Online catalogs of reference cultures, related biological materials, and associated data. Includes ATCC Recombinant DNA Materials and the ATCC Cell Lines & Hybriodomas.

Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1950-94: The Atlas is a book of maps, text, tables and figures showing the geographic patterns of cancer death rates throughout the United States from 1950 to 1994 for about 40 cancers.; Reference QZ16 At65

Atlas of Diseases of the Kidney: Schrier, Robert W.; Schrier's five-volume work covering all aspects of nephrology.; Title changed to Diseases of the Kidney; WJ300 St82d

Atlas of United States Mortality: Hay, Robert.; This atlas is the first to show all leading causes of death by race and sex for small U.S. geographic areas referred to as Health Service Areas (HSA's). The 18 causes of death included in this atlas account for 83 percent of all deaths in the United States during 1988-92.; Reference WA900.AA1 At65

Atlas of Stroke Mortality: Racial, Ethnic, and Geographic Disparities in the United States: A series of national and state maps that identify populations at greatest risk for stroke and the information is essential for targeting prevention programs to communities most in need. This atlas is the 3rd in a series publised by the CDC related to cardiovascular disease: Women and Heart Disease was the first, followed by Men and Heart Disease.; Reference WL16 At65; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

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Baculovirus Molecular Biology: Rohrmann, G.F.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Bad Bug Book: This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborn pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. It brings together in one place information from the Food & Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, and the National Institutes of Health.

Basic Histology: Text and Atlas: Junqueira, Luiz Carlos; Basic facts and interpretation of microscopic anatomy from the Stat!Ref collection.; QS504 J96he

Basic Neurochemistry: Molecular, Cellular and Medical Aspects: Siegel, George J.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

The Basic Science of Oncology: Tannock, Ian; A resource in the Rittenhouse R2 Library which provides full-text online access to selected monographs.; Res. Rm. QZ200 B292

Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering: Recommendations and consensus views on how to make the fulliest possible use of women in academic science and engineering in our nations institutions.

Biochemistry: Berg, Jeremy M.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Res. Rm. QU4 St89b

Bioinformatics in Tropical Disease Research: A Practical and Case Study Approach: Gruber, Arthur.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories: Richmond, Jonathan Y.; Containment guidelines to ensure safe practices and procedures in facilities where the manipulation of etiologic agents are handled (laboratory settings and animal facilities); Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Blood Groups and Red Cell Antigens: Dean, Laura; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Books@Ovid: Searchable electronic versions of clinical reference texts. DUMCL currently contains access to the following resources: Carpenito-Moyet: Nursing Care Plans & Documentation, Dudek: Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice, Fischbach: A Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, Jonas: Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Karch: Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide, Metheny: Fluid and Electrolyte Balance, Nettina: The Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice, Schultz: Lippincott's Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans, Singleton: Primary Care, Speer: Pediatric Care Planning, Weinstein: Plumer's Principles & Practice of Intravenous Therapy, Woods: Cardiac Nursing. Please note: Generic access is restricted to Duke IP addresses.

Bookshelf: In collaboration with authors and publishers, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is adapting biomedical books for the Web. They may be searched directly using any search term or phrase, or they can be found through links to PubMed abstracts.

Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine: Libby, Peter.; Res. Rm. WG 210 H353

Brenner & Rector's The Kidney: Brenner, Barry M.; Title changed from The Kidney.; Res. Rm. WJ300 B753k

Britannica Online: Contains full-text articles from Encyclopedia Britannica and Britannica Book of the Year (world events since 1993). Includes Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, articles of current interest, featured biographies, links to quality web sites ("Britannica Internet Guide"), the year in review, and more. Truncation symbol: *

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C. Elegans II: Riddle, Donald L.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; QX203 C11

Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics: Canale, S. Terry; Res. Rm. WE 168 C15o

Campbell-Walsh Urology: Wein, Alan J.; Res. Rm. WJ140 C15u

Campus Copyright Rights & Responsibilities: A Basic Guide to Policy Considerations: The document provides a summary of copyright issues and takes into account concerns of the educational community and publishing industry. The guide hopes to facilitate the review, evaluation, and development of existing and new institutional policies that apply to the use of copyrighted works in a digital environment. This publication was prepared by AAU, ARL and AAUP.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Cancer Facts & Figures: Annual publication of the American Cancer Society (ACS) containing basic facts about cancer,incidence and mortality data.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Cancer Medicine: Kufe, Donald W.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Res. Rm. QZ200 H71c

Cancer in North Carolina: NC cancer statistics with a special report on cancer, income, and racial differences. The second in a series about cancer examines the possible contribution of income to North Carolina's cancer burden. The statistics are in five sections: deaths, new cases, early stage at diagnosis, screening, and prevention.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Cancer Statistics: Annual compilation of estimated cancer incidence, mortality, and survival data for the United States, compiled by the American Cancer Society (ACS) and published as the first yearly issue of CA - A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. This title first appeared online with the 1999 statistics.

Cardiac Nursing: Woods, Susan L.; Please note: The Library is licensed for one simultaneous user.

Cardiology Explained: Ashley, Euan A.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Care of Women in U.S. Hospitals: Jiang, H. Joanna.; The fact book contains data on why women of different ages are hopitalized, what happens to them in the hospital, what the hospital charges for their care, and who pays the bill. The data is taken from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample and published as HCUP fact book no.3.; WA309 C18; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Cases From DSM-IV-TR® Casebook and Its Treatment Companion: Sptizer, Robert L.; A book selection from PsychiatryOnline.

Cecil Medicine: Goldman, Lee

The Cell: A Molecular Approach: Cooper, Geoffrey M.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; QH581 C78c

Changing America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin: Documents current differences in well-being by race and Hispanic origin and shows how these differences have evolved over the past several years.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

The Changing American Hospital in the Twenty-First Century: Muller, Ralph W.; Contains a history of the establishment of hospitals and the development of the U.S. system of health care.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Chartbook on Women and Disability: Jans, Lita; A reference on women and disability in the United States population, created for use by both nontechnical and technical audiences. The book is a resource for agencies, employers, organizations, policymakers, researchers and others concerned with the relationship between gender and disability.; WA309 J26c

Chartbook on Work and Disability: Stoddard, Susan.; A reference on work and disability in the United States population, created for use by both nontechnical and technical audiences. The book is a resource for agencies, employers, organizations, policymakers, researchers and others concerned with the relationship between disability and work.; HV1553 K86ch

Chronic Care in America: A 21st Century Challenge: Provides a unique overview of chronic care: who is at risk for chronic conditions; direct and indirect costs; sources of chronic care; and the stresses in the system designed to care for this population.; WT16 C46; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers: Patrias, Karen.; Provides guidance for citing 26 types of published and unpublished reference or bibliographic material, ranging from print books and journal articles to blogs and wikis. This publication, the 2nd ed., updates and supersedes two existing publications: National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation (1991) and National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation.Internet Supplement (2001).

Clinical Alerts: Clinical alerts are provided to expedite the release of findings from NIH-funded clinical trials where such release could significantly affect morbidity and mortality. NLM began offering clinical alert notices online in January 1991.

Clinical Dermatology: A Color Guide to Diagnosis and Therapy: Habif, Thomas P.; WR17 H11c

Clinical Electrocardiography: A Simplified Approach: Goldberger, Ary Louis.; WG140 G563c

Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity In Adults: Obesity Education Inititative.; Based on evidence from previous NHANES surveys.; WD210 C612; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Clinical Methods: the History, Physical, and Laboratory Examinations: Walker, H. Kenneth; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; WB141 W152c; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Clinical Neurology: Aminoff, Michael; A resource in the Rittenhouse R2 Library which provides full-text online access to selected monographs.; WL100 G82c

Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine: Roberts, James R.; WB105 C61

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): Contains the federal regulations in force as of specific revision dates, which vary from title to title. This publication includes sections under Title 20 covering regulations on Federal retirement, survivors, disability insurance, supplemental security income for the aged, blind, disabled, and black lung programs. Sections under Title 42 cover regulations on health insurance. Med Ctr Lib has Section 42 only.

Coffee Break: NCBI; Tutorials - Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Collective Expert Evaluation Reports: INSERM Collective Expertise Centre.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; A collection of reviews and recommendations on public health and social problems, by INSERM's expert advisory groups.

Comparative Genomics: Bergman, Nicholas H.; Describes NCBI resources available to the public, two of which are based on the NCBI Mini-Courses. These chapters appear in Volumes 1 and 2 of Comparative Genomics, which comprise Volumes 395 and 396 of the Methods in Molecular Biology series. Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: Prevention strategies for the most common healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) designed to help everyone in hospitals take action in preventing infections. Also available online as a supplement to Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology - http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/iche/2008/29/s1/ Developed in collaboration with the American Hospital Association (AHA), the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC), and The Joint Commission.

Competencies for Information Professionals of the 21st Century: Abels, Eileen.; The June 2003 revision of the 1997 competencies prepared for the Special Libraries Association Board of Directors by the Special Committee on Competencies for Special Librarians Eileen Abels, Rebecca Jones, John Latham, Dee Magnoni, Joanne Gard Marshall. The text covers professional, personal and core competencies.

Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals: The Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals: The Official Handbook (CAMH) is designed to facilitate self-assessment performance against Joint Commission hospital standards and to help in assessing likely accreditation status prior to an accreditation survey. CAMH includes all the information needed for ongoing performance improvement and effective survey preparation: standards, intent statements, scoring, aggregation rules, decision rules, and accreditation policies and procedures.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Comprehensive Child Health Plan: The North Carolina Institute of Medicine's Task Force report to the Department of Health and Human Services on a plan to ensure that all children reached their maximum health potential.; WA320 N81c; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Comprehensive Gynecology: Katz, Vern L.

The Computer-Based Patient Record: An Essential Technology for Health Care: (Revised edition) This study, initiated by the Institute of Medicine, recommends improvements to patient records in response to expanding functional requirements and technological advances. Revised edition.; WX173 In72c

Conn's Current Therapy: Rakel, Robert E.; Reference WB300 C93

Consumer Driven Health Care: the Changing Role of the Patient: Herrick, Devon M.; Describes health plans in which individuals have a personal health account or health reimbursement arrangement from which they pay medical expenses/costs directly.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen: Silen, William; A resource in the Rittenhouse R2 Library which provides full-text online access to selected monographs.; Res. Rm. WI900 C79e

Cracks in the Foundation: Averting A Crisis in America's Hospitals: An AHA publication that tells the hospital story in a compelling format, citing the risks and dangers that our health care system faces in the future, unless Congress takes action now on critical issues such as Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, regulatory burden, escalating medical costs and other key issues.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Critical Care Nursing of Infants and Children: Curley, Martha A.; Full-text chapters in PDF reprinted from the 2nd ed. of Critical Care Nursing of Infants and Children by Martha A.Q. Curley and Patricia A. Moloney-Harmon (Editors).; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Current Bibliographies in Medicine: Each bibliography covers a distinct subject area of biomedicine of current popular interest. Most are prepared in support of a specific National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference. Consensus Development Statements are also available.

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DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination: LeBlond, Richard; A resource in the Rittenhouse R2 Library which provides full-text online access to selected monographs.

DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine.: DeLee, Jesse.; QT261 Or8; Rev. ed. of: Orthopaedic sports medicine: principles and practice.

Designing the 21st Century Hospital: This book carries a subtitle: Serving Patients and Staff - with a focus on transforming the hospital work environment using a holistic approach that addresses mind, body and spirit. It is the outcome of a meeting where the RWJF and others looked at research studies linking patient health and quality of care with the way a hospital is designed and its effect on health, safety, care efficiency, staff effectiveness and morale.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Developing a National Registry of Pharmacologic and Biologic Clinical Trials: Workshop Report: Committee on Clinical Trial Registries; A workshop held to establish guidelines for a clinical trials registry that would meet the public's need for disclosure while supporting innovation in development and new therapeutics.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Developmental Biology: Gilbert, Scott F.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; QL955 G37d

Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank: Contains the antigen name, antigen species, antigen, isotype, species specificity, immunoblot, host species, references, and cell availability for each of the antibodies in the collection.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders : DSM-IV-TR®: DSM-IV Text Revision Work Groups; The diagnosis, nomenclature and classification of mental disorders. Revised by various work groups and committees of the American Psychiatric Association.; Reference WM15 Am35d

Dietary Guidelines for Americans: With a revision every five years, the intent of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans is to summarize and synthesize knowledge regarding individual nutrients and food components into recommendations for a pattern of eating that can be adopted by the public.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Dietary Supplements: A Framework for Evaluating Safety: National Research Council; The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council develops a proposed framework to be used by the FDA for evaluating the safety of dietary supplement ingredients / drug properties.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Directory of Health and Human Services Data Resources: A compilation of information about all major data collection systems of the U.S.Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS). It updates and expands the 1995 HHS directory of minority health and human services data.

Directory of Published Conference Proceedings: The DoPP service which started as a monthly print journal in 1965, converted to free electronic format in February 2005. Since its start, DoPP has referenced thousands of published conference proceeedings, congresses, meetings and symposia.

Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Jamison, Dean T.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries: Jamison, Dean T.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf. 2nd ed., referred to as DCP2.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Diversity in Medical Education: Facts & Figures: Detailed statistical information on race, ethnicity and gender in medical education.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Diversity in the Physician Workforce: Facts & Figures: A compendium of information on the demographics and practice patterns of the physician workforce. A similar study using race and ethnicity entitled: Minority graduates of U.S. medical schools: trends, 1950-1998 was issued in 2000. Future eds. will alternate between diversity in medical education and diversity in the physician workforce.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Drug Class Reviews: Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf. From the Drug Effectiveness Review Project (DERP) Oregon Health & Science University.

DSM-IV-TR® Handbook of Differential Diagnosis: First, Michael B.; A handbook for the differential diagnosis of mental disorders.; WM141 F51d 2002 missing

Duke Physician Referral Directory: To assist referring physicians and others in finding the right person, program, or service. From the dukehealth.org site, select "Duke Physicians" then "Find a Physician."

Duke University Faculty Handbook: This faculty handbook is intended as a brief guide to the mission, policies, and support services of the Medical Center.

Dynamics of Cancer: Incidence, Inheritance, and Evolution: Frank, Steven A.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

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Ecology, Epidemiology, and Evolution of Parasitism in Daphnia: Ebert, Dieter; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

The Economics of Diabetes Mellitus : An Annotated Bibliography: Abstracts include most of the important economic studies currently available. Arranged in three categories: types of intervention, cost of diabetes, and policy/position statements related to diabetes.; WK810 Ec74 1999; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Electrochemical Methods for Neuroscience: Michael, Adrian C.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Electronic Orange Book: Enables searching of the approved drug list by active ingredient, proprietary name, applicant holder or applicant number. The Electronic Orange Book is updated concurrently with the publication of the annual edition or cumulative supplements.

Emergency Care for Children: Growing Pains: Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System; Examines the challenges associated with the provision of emergency services to children and families and evaluates progress since the publication of the Institute of Medicine report Emergency Medical Services for Children (1993), the first comprehensive look at pediatric emergency care in the United States.; The Future of Emergency Care series.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Emergency Medical Services: At the Crossroads: Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System; This new book examines the operational structure of EMS by presenting an in-depth analysis of the current organization, delivery, and financing of these types of services and systems.; The Future of Emergency Care series.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Emergency Preparedness Atlas: U.S. Nursing Home and Hospital Facilities: Root, Elizabeth D.; "Bioterrorism and other public health emergencies: tools for planning and preparedness." The Atlas was designed to support state and local planning and response efforts for a bioterrorism or other public health emergency. It is intended to stimulate productive discussion about how nursing homes may be used to handle a surge of patients in response to emergency situations. The Case Study for North Carolina has also been downloaded.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online: Contains full-text articles from Encyclopedia Britannica and Britannica Book of the Year (world events since 1993). Includes Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, articles of current interest, featured biographies, links to quality web sites ("Britannica Internet Guide"), the year in review, and more. Truncation symbol: *

Endocrinology: an Integrated Approach: Nussey, S.S.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Enhancing the Accountability of Alternative Medicine: Defines complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), cost of reimbursement issues, state' regulation of health professionals, fraud, and popular types (acupuntures, chiropractice, herbal medicines, etc.).

The Epilepsies: Seizures, Syndromes and Management: Panaylotopoulos, C.P.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Essential Otolaryngology: Lee, K.; A resource in the Rittenhouse R2 Library which provides full-text online access to selected monographs.; WV18.2 Ot6

Essentials of Clinical Psychopharmacology: Schatzberg, Alan F.; An interactive self-assessment study guide from PsychiatryOnline which contains a synopsis and update of the most clinically relevant material from The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology.

Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Jonas, Wayne B.; Please note: The Library is licensed for one simultaneous user.; WB 890 Es74

Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics: Kane, Robert; A resource in the Rittenhouse R2 Library which provides full-text online access to selected monographs.; Res. Rm. WT100 K13e

Essentials of Glycobiology: Varki, Ajit.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Frontera, Walter R., 1955-; WE140 Es742

Essentials of Radiology: Mettler, Fred A.; Res. Rm. WN200 M562e

Evidence-Based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve: Sakala, Carol; This book presents the best available research on the safety and effectiveness of specific practices to help guide maternity care decisions and to facilitate optimal outcomes in mothers and newborns.

Evidence-Based Practice Centers Partner's Guide: EPC Coordinating Center; Background information on the EPC program and the roles and responsibilities of the key members, including, AHRQ, the partners, the EPCs and the EPC Coordinating Center.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

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Fabry Disease: Perspectives From 5 Years of FOS: Mehta, Atul; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Facts About Family Practice: Statistics gathered from surveys of professional organizations, AAFP chapters, medical schools, and residency program directors. Tables represent family physician distribution, office practices, hospital privileges, economic status, CME, graduate education, and more. Only available via the Web since 1999.; W89 F11

Faculty Handbook: Contains the full text rules and regulations for faculty of Duke University.

Familial Cancer Syndromes: Riegert-Johnson, Douglas.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Federal Register: The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential documents.; A Research Guide to the Code of Federal Regulations is also available.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Ferri's Clinical Advisor: Instant Diagnosis and Treatment: Ferri, Fred F.; WB102 F412

Fluid and Electrolyte Balance: Metheny, Norma Milligan.; Please note: The Library is licensed for one simultaneous user.; WD 220 F675

Fluids and Electrolytes With Clinical Applications: A Programmed Approach: Kee, Joyce; A resource in the Rittenhouse R2 Library which provides full-text online access to selected monographs.

Follow the Pill: Understanding the U.S. Commercial Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: The means through which prescription medications are delivered to patients.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

For the Record: Protecting Electronic Health Information: Produced by the Committee on Maintaining Privacy and Security in Health Care Applications of the National Information Infrastructure as an observation and assessment of the existing technical and nontechnical mechanisms.; WX173 F74

FreeBooks4Doctors: FreeBooks4Doctors was created to promote the free availability of medical books on the Internet. Funded by Amedeo, these sites serve the needs of healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, administrators, other members of the health professions and patients.

Frontiers in Neuroscience: Simon, Sidney A.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Functions and Structure of a Medical School: Standards for Accreditation of Medical Education Programs Leading to the M.D. Degree: Nationally accepted standards of educational quality of programs leading to the M.D. degree set forth by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) and the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS).; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

The Future of Drug Safety: Promoting and Protecting the Health of the Public: Bociu, Alina; Highlights of past and present drug regulations and plans from all envolved to join efforts to strengthen the regulatory process.

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Gabbard's Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders: Gabbard, Glen O.; State-of-th-art text covering all major treatments in psychiatry linked to specific disorders.; WM400 T714

GeneReviews: Pagon, Roberta A.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Genes and Disease.: Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

The Genetic Landscape of Diabetes: Dean, Laura; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Genetics and Public Health in the 21st Century: Using Genetic Information to Improve Health and Prevent Disease: Khoury, Muin J.; Includes: principles of genetics in public health; public health assessment in genetics; public health evaluation of genetic testing; developing, implementing and evaluation of population interventions that use genetic information to improve health; emerging ethical, legal and social issues related to the integration of genetic information into public health practice; communication, education and dissemination of genetic information into public health practice.; WA105 G28

Genetics for Surgeons: Morrison, Patrick J.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Genomes: Brown, T.A.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors: Lopez, Alan D.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Global Library of Women's Medicine: Sciarra, John J.; A comprehensive reference to current clinical practice for clinicians and other medical professionals – constantly updated, fully referenced and peer reviewed. This is also an updated open access version of the multi-volume text Gynecology & Obstetrics (WP100 G994 )

Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics: Brunton, Lawrence L.; A textbook of drugs and their actions on different body systems; a selection from the Stat!Ref electronic book collection.; QV4 G62p

Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging: WN 180 D542

Grant Application Writer's Handbook: Reif-Lehrer, Liane; A resource in the Rittenhouse R2 Library which provides full-text online access to selected monographs.

Guide to Health Care Quality: How To Know It When You See It: This publication explains the difference between clinical measures and consumer ratings; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services is a reference source of effective clinical preventive services, such as screening tests for early detection of disease, counseling for risk reduction, and preventive medications. The Guide will be updated annually. Put Prevention Into Practice is a national, research-based public-private program developed to increase the appropriate use of clinical preventive services. Put Prevention Into Practice makes it easier for health care organizations, clinicians, and their office staffs to deliver recommended prevention services and for patients to ask about and keep track of their preventive health care.; Reserve Room WA108 Un33gu

Guide to Peripheral and Cerebrovascular Intervention: Bhatt, Deepak L.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Guidelines for Clinical Practice: From Development to Use: Provides a constructive analysis of current efforts to develop, use, and evaluate guidelines and propose a framework for the future that offers realistic potential for improving the caliber and effectiveness of these efforts.; W84.AA1 In74g

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma: National Asthma Education and Prevention Program.; This report presents basic recommendations for the diagnosis and management of asthma that will help clinicians and patients make appropriate decisions about asthma care.; Expert Panel Report 3.

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Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose: Shannon, Michael W.

Handbook of Medical Psychiatry: Moore, David P.; WM140 M52h

Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry: Murray, Robert K.; First published as Review of physiological chemistry; a selection from the Stat!Ref electronic book collection.; QU4 R32

Harriet Lane Handbook: Gunn, Veronica L.; WS141 J62h

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine: Fauci, Anthony S.; A textbook the evolves with advances in modern medicine yet maintains an appreciation of the art of medicine and the principles underlying the optimal care of the patient. A selection from the Stat!Ref electronic book collection.; WB115 H24p

HCUP Facts and Figures, 2006: Statistics on Hospital-Based Care in the United States: Information derived from the 2006 HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample of 1,000 hospitals. Includes an overview of inpatient stays, stays by diagnosis, procedures, spending for inpatient hospital stays, and priority conditions (cancer, asthma, childbirth, arthritis and depression).; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Health Care Use in America: Examines variations in the use of health care services among selected subgroups of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Health Care's Human Crisis: the American Nursing Shortage: Kimball, Bobbi; The history of nursing is explored, then placed in its modern day context within the health care system. Next, the authors explore social, cultural and economic factors that drive the nursing shortage. A look at other fields is undertaken to see how they are coping with their shortages provides additional information and lessons to be learned from the review of the past two to three years of research.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Health Concerns Across a Woman's Lifespan: The Commonwealth Fund 1998 survey of women's health.

Health and Disability in North Carolina: Looks at the health status, risks and health-related experiences of people with disabilities in NC. The data were taken from the Census, BRFSS, and other sources.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Health Insurance Status of the Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population: Preliminary estimates of the health insurance status of the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population during the first half of the year, including the size and characteristics of the population with private health insurance, with public insurance, and without any health care coverage.; W16 V82h; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

The Health of North Carolinians: A Profile: Selected health indicators are examined offering a profile of health in North Carolina with the overall goal of adding years to life and eliminating health disparities.; W84.AN8 H342; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Health Profile of North Carolinians: Selected health indicators are examined, offering a summary of health status in North Carolina.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

A Health Profile of Older North Carolinians: State Center for Health Statistics and Older Adult Health Branch, North Carolina Division of Public Health, and North Carolina Division of Aging.; A demographic overview of the older population of North Carolina, using census data. Other data sets addressing major health issues include: general health status, health care access, health behaviors/risk factors, heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, Alzheimer's disease, influenza and pneumonia, diabetes, motor vehicle injuries, other unintentional injuries, suicide, arthritis, mental health, and osteoporosis/hip fractures.; WT30 H34; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Health Risks Among North Carolina Adults: A report from the BRFSS with a special section on persons with disabilities. Report for is also avilable.; WA900.AN8 H343; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT): AHRQ; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Health Systems Performance Assessment : Debates, Methods and Empiricism: Murray, Christopher J.L.; Intended to strengthen the foundations for evidenced-based policies aimed at health systems development. To download a specific chapter, click on the chapter title in the table of contents. Note: Slow to load because of the graphics on the title page.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Health, United States: The Secretary of HHS's report on the nation's health. Presents national trends in health statistics. Major findings are summarized in the Highlights section; each issue contains a chartbook with detailed tables focusing on a major health topic. Data derived from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the NCHS on population, fertility, mortality, measures of health, facilities, exercise, nutrition, etc; WA900.AA1 H34

Healthy Heart Handbook for Women: Topics include major risk factors like smoking, high blood pressure, obesity - and prevention strategies like physical activity, eating habits, lowering cholesterol, taking aspirin and much more.; WG113 Sa56h; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Healthy People 2010: The 2010 initiative (in two volumes) continues in this tradition as an instrument to improve health for the first decade of the 21st century. It sets national objectives for the decade: increase the span of healthy life and eliminate health disparities for all Americans; WA108 H342 2000

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: The American Heart Association's (AHA's) statistics for the most recent year available. The supplement to "Heart and Stroke Facts." The 2008 ed. contains statistics on medical procedures.; WG16 H35

Helicobacter Pylori: Physiology and Genetics: Mobley, Harry L.T.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; QW154 H362

Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice: Hoffman, Ronald

Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods: McPherson, Richard A.; QY4 T56m

Hepatitis C: Genomes and Molecular Biology: Tan, Seng-Lai.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Hidden Costs, Value Lost: Uninsurance In America: A compilation of reports and data prepared by the Board of Health Care Services and the Institute of Medicine on the economic impact of the uninsured on the rest of America.

The High Concentration of U.S. Health Care Expenditures: Stanton, Mark W.; A research report based on information taken from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. The report, issued as AHRQ's Research in Action issue #19 highlights health care expenditures in the U.S. and the five most expensive health conditions.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Historical Works: Medicine in the Americas: NLM; These books from the History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine have been digitized and the full text has been made available from NCBI in both online (HTML) and in PDF format.

Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point: Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System; This book considers the multiple aspects to the emergency care system in the United States by exploring its strengths, limitations, and future challenges.; The Future of Emergency Care series.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Hospitalization in the United States, 2002: Elixhauser, Merrill C.; Summarizes information from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), an all-payer hospital database maintainded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). This reports updates and earlier fact book issued in 1997.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Human ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporter Superfamily: Dean, Michael; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Human Molecular Genetics 2.: Strachan, Tom.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; QH431 St81h

Hurst's The Heart: O'Rourke, Robert A.; A resource in the Rittenhouse R2 Library which provides full-text online access to selected monographs.; WG120 H94h

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ICD-9-CM: International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, Clinical Modification: e-MDs ICD-9 Coding Search. The extensive search database now includes the 2006 updates to the ICD-9 medical billing and procedure code sets, try it for free.; WB15 In8

Imitators of Epilepsy: Kaplan, Peter W.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; WL340 Im4

Immunobiology: Janeway, Charles A.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Immunology and Evolution of Infectious Disease: Frank, Steven A.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Industry Funding of Medical Education: Report of an AAMC Task Force: The report of a Task Force charged with developing a concensus between AAMC and leaders of medical schools and teaching hospitals on developing policies and procedures for managing industry gifting and financial support for their programs.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Indwelling and Neural Implants: Strategies for Contending With the In Vivo Environment: Reichert, William M.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Infectious Diseases: Cohen, J. (Jon), 1949-; WC100 In3234

Inflammatory Atherosclerosis: Characteristics of the Injurious Agent: Frink, Richard J.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Influenza 1918: The worst epidemic in American history, killing over 600,000--until it disappeared as mysteriously as it had begun. This streaming video riginally broadcast as a segment of the PBS television series, The American Experience, 1998.; This resource requires Real Player or Windows Media Player

The Injury Chart Book: A Graphical Overview of the Global Burden of Injuries: Peden, M.; Chapters contain data for both injury mortality and disability listed by WHO region, income level, age group and sex; population for each WHO region is provided in the appendix.; WO16 In52; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Injury: A Leading Cause of the Global Burden of Disease: The most recent and updated estimates on the magnitude of injuries in the world and the burden of these injuries are compared to other public health problems.; WO16 In5; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

INSERM Collective Expert Evaluation Reports: Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf. Global reports on alcohol, other drugs and chemicals, obesity and health education for young people. Published in Paris: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM); c2000-2004.

Integrative Medicine: Rakel, David; WB890 In83

Interactive Textbook of Clinical Symptoms Research: Max, Mitchell B.; For beginning or experienced clinical researchers who design studies of the epidemiology, mechanisms, and treatment of common symptoms encountered in medical, dental, and nursing practice. Includes chapters on clinical trials, decision-making, qualitative methods, design models and outcomes.

International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision): LaPage, S.P.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; QW15 In81; Bacteriological code 1990.

International Travel and Health: In addition to summarizing the vaccination requirements of individual countries, this booklet covers certain health hazards to which the traveler may be exposed and indicates the areas in which these hazards; WA110 In8 1

The Intolerable Burden of Malaria: II. What's New, What's Needed: Breman, Joel G.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

An Introduction to Genetic Analysis: Griffiths, Anthony J.F.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; QH430 In82

An Introduction to Epilepsy: Bromfield, Edward B.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

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Joint Structure and Function: A Comprehensive Analysis: Levangie, Pamela; A resource in the Rittenhouse R2 Library which provides full-text online access to selected monographs.; WE300 N77j

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Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses: Page, Ann; Study to identify key aspects of the work environment for nurses that are lifely to have an impact on patient safety, including medical errors. Potential improvements in working conditions that would likely increase patient safety is also part of the study.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology: Firestine, Gary S.; WE544 T31

Killer Flu: Schrieber, Liev.; The 1918 pandemic was crippling; some 30 to 40 million people died worldwide, with the highest death rate occuring in young men and women. Since the original broadcast SECRET'S OF THE DEAD: KILLER FLU, Taubenberger's team has successfully created a genetic sequencing of the 1918 virus, resurrected the virus itself to study its effects on lung tissue, and this fall announced a striking similarity between the 1918 virus and today's H5N1 avian flu virus. Streaming video produced 2004 by PBS and presented through NC Live.; This resource requires Real Player or Windows Media Player

The KIR Gene Cluster: Carrington, Mary.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Krugman's Infectious Diseases of Children: Gershon, Anne A.; WC100 K93i

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The Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice: Nettina, Sandra M.; WY 100 B83l

Lippincott's Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans: Schultz, Judith M.; Please note: The Library is licensed for one simultaneous user.; WY 160 Sch82m

Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide: Karch, Amy Morrison, 1949-; Please note: The Library is licensed for one simultaneous user.

List of Serials Indexed for Online Users: This list provides journal abbreviations and complete bibliographic information for serials cited in MEDLINE and other databases.

A Long-Term Care Plan for North Carolina: Final Report: North Carolina's plan to assist older adults and people with disabilities with arrangements, services, and funding for long-term care. The plan was submitted by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine's Task Force on Long-Term Care to the state DHHS.; Ref.29 WA900.AN8 N812l; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

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Madam Curie Bioscience Database: Chapters taken from the Madame Curie Bioscience Database (formerly, Eurekah Bioscience Database). Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Maintaining Balance: The Physical Therapy Workforce in North Carolina in the Year 2000: The first in a series of reports planned to analyze allied health workforce data by occupation and formulate recommendations to ensure adequate numbers of professionals for the state's health care demands.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

A Man's Dilemma: Healthcare of Men Across America: A Disparities Report: Ro, Marguerite J.; Community Voices is an initiative designed to improve health care access and quality. This report targets African American males, prevention, mental health, ands substance abuse treatment. Headquartered at Morehouse School of Medicine, this initiative involves eight learning laboratories across the nation targeting survival of the safety-net providers and community suppport services.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases: WC100 P93

Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology: Schatzberg, Alan F.; This manual offers unique clinical perspectives and practical advice on applying psychotrophic medications to the treatment of psychiatric conditions.; QV77 Sch18m

A Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests: Fischbach, Frances Talaska.; Please note: The Library is licensed for one simultaneous user.; QY 25 F52n

Mapping Protein/DNA Interactions by Cross-Linking: Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (France); Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Martindale: the Complete Drug Reference: Contains information on drugs in clinical use worldwide, as well as selected investigational and veterinary drugs, herbal medicines, pharmaceutical excipients, vitamins and nutritional agents, vaccines, radiopharmaceuticals, contrast media and diagnostic agents, medicinal gases, drugs of abuse and recreational drugs, toxic substances, disinfectants, and pesticides. Sections of text summarize the relevant information, followed, if appropriate, by referenced abstracts or reviews that expand upon the details given in the text or add additional information.; QV738.FA1 M36; Please note: Use of this database is restricted to Medical Center workstations with Duke IP addresses and Virtual Private Network (VPN) accounts for the Duke University Health System. Remote access through the proxy server is prohibited.; Accessible to Duke users via Micromedex. To search by title, choose "search by database" then select Martindale.

MD Consult: MD Consult provides access to selected medical texts, peer-reviewed clinical practice guidelines, and texts from articles in medical journals, including Clinics of North America and the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. In addition, MD Consult provides an update service, summarizing articles in recent medical journals and highlighting articles that patients may be reading in the popular press. This resource is restricted to Duke faculty, staff, and students.

Measuring Up: The State-By-State Report Card for Higher Education: The first-ever national report card on higher education in the 50 states, released December 7, 2000, awarded a lot of C's. None of the states received straight A's from the independent research group, and some had several poor grades. Most states were average, but state officials also gave the report itself mixed grades. This report grades states on their performance in five categories: preparation, participation, affordability, completion, and benefits. Comparisons can be made by using the state profi

Mechanosensitivity in Cells and Tissues: Kamkin, Andre.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Medicaid Financing of State and County Psychiatric Hospitals: A study undertaken to address the lack of comprehensive information regarding the nature and scope of Medicaid support.; "Special Report."; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Medical Educational Costs and Student Debt: a Working Group Report to the AAMC Governance: This report contains recommendations to medical schools for preventive measures necessary to counter recent trends so that the combination of rapidly increasing levels of educational debt and relatively flat physician incomes does not, in the long term, pose problems for students, residents, practicing physicians, the medical profession, and the well-being of society.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

The Medical Interview: Coulehan, John; A resource in the Rittenhouse R2 Library which provides full-text online access to selected monographs.; WB290 C83m

Medical Microbiology: Baron, Samuel; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Medical School Faculty Online Directory: U.S. Medical School Faculty is a quick reference source answering some of the most frequently asked questions about full-time faculty distribution, including information on age, specialty area, department, rank, degree, gender, and ethnicity. Data on part-time faculty are excluded from all U.S. Medical School Faculty publications. From 1986-1997, U.S. Medical School Faculty was published annually; it will now be published only on the Web and will be produced using a database snapshot

Medicine in the Americas: Historical Works: These books from the History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine have been digitized and the full text has been made available from NCBI in both online (HTML) and in PDF format; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Men and Heart Disease: An Atlas of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mortality: A series of national and state maps that identify populations at greatest risk and this resource is essential for targeting prevention programs to communities most in need. Two other resources published by the CDC and relevant to this topic include: Women and Heart Disease and Atlas of Stroke Mortality.; WG16 M52; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Mendelian Inheritance in Man: The Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) is a database catalog of human genes and genetic disorders containing textual information, pictures, and reference information. It also contains copious links to NCBI's Entrez database of MEDLINE articles and sequence information.; QZ50 M21m

Mental Health, United States: This publication gives some historical background, current status of mental health statistics and services, and as always, updates the national statistical picture for mental health.

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy: Clinical information on the diagnosis and therapy of diseases for the medical profession.; WB100 M53

The Merck Manual of Geriatrics: Coverages of Medicare, nursing home and home care, and the roles of nursing, social services, and rehabilitation. Contains information about normal and abnormal aging, diagnosis, management, and treatment of disease and important updates on the legal and ethical issues relevant to clinicians. Chapters provide information on breast, gynecologic, pulmonary, and gastroenterologic disorders and cancer.; WT100 M53

The Merck Manual of Medical Information -- Second Home Edition: The Home Edition transforms the medical jargon into easy reading for the layperson. Selected sections are also searchable online; includes the complete sections on the heart, infections, the eye, and obstetrics and gynecology.; Ref. Consumer Health WB120 M53

The Merck Manuals Online Medical Library: Beers, Mark H.; Presents the full text of five medical manuals: The Merck manual of medical information (home ed.), The Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy, The Merck manual of geriatrics, and the Merck veterinary manual. Includes an interactive version of The Merck manual of medical information (home ed.), including animation, pictures, and sound. Also provides links to the information on the general Merck & Company Web site.

Metagenomics: Sequences from the Environment: Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf. The study of genomes recovered from environmental samples as opposed to from clonal cultures. This relatively new field of genetic research allows the genomic study of organisms that are not easily cultured in a laboratory.

Micromedex: This suite of clinical databases includes information related to drugs, acute care, toxicology, and patient education. Access to a PDA version (mobileMICROMEDEX) is also available.; Please note: Use of this database is restricted to Medical Center workstations with Duke IP addresses and Virtual Private Network (VPN) accounts for the Duke University Health System. Remote access through the proxy server is prohibited.; To search by title, choose "search by database."

Middleton's Allergy: Principles and Practice: Adkinson, N. Franklin.; WD300 M58a

Miller's Anesthesia: Miller, Ronald D.; WO200 An352

MInd: The Meetings Index: Beginning in 1984, MInd now offers free access to locate future conferences, congresses, meetings and symposia. If multiple parameters are used, fewer records will be returned. The subject categories provided in MInd consist of four color-coded areas.

Missing Persons: Minorities in the Health Professions: A report of the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the healthcare workforce. The Commission examines admissions criteria, mentoring & training, student debt, taxpayer fund of health professions ...; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Modern Genetic Analysis: Griffiths, Anthony J.F.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Molecular Biology of the Cell: Alberts, Bruce; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; QH581 M73

Molecular Cell Biology: Lodish, Harvey; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; QH581 D25m

Molecular Imaging and Contrast Agent Database: Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Monthly Vital Statistics Reports: Monthly and cumulative data on births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and infant death. Each issue covers one month and includes trends for multiple years based on samples from the population. Two to three current issues are available in full text from the NCHS Website. The data will later appear in Vital Statistics of the United States. Please note: The title of this report has been changed to National Vital Statistics Reports (NVSR) effective with Vol. 47, No. 1.; Index/Abstract Area

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Contains data on notifiable diseases indexed by state or region. It has two main sections: MMWR Recommendations and Reports (reports pertaining to infectious diseases, testing, immunizations, etc.) and MMWR Surveillance Summaries (reports on a broad range of risk factors and health conditions).; Index/Abstract Area

Multinational Comparisons of Health Systems Data: Anderson, Gerard F.; A study comparing healthcare and health system spending.

Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine: Mason, Robert J.; WF140 T31

My NCBI Help Documentation: Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

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National Academies Collection: Reports Funded by the National Institutes of Health: Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

National Academies Press: The National Academies Press (NAP) was created by the National Academies to publish the reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, all operating under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States. The NAP publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health, capturing the most authoritative views on important issues in science and health policy.

National Center for Health Workforce Analysis Reports: Recent Bureau of Health Professions statistical reports from various health disciplines including: nursing, medicine, pharmacy, public health and other multiple health disciplines/fields. Some individual reports accessible as print or PDF resources through the Library catalog.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

National Vital Statistics Reports: Monthly and cumulative data on births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and infant death. Each issue covers one month and includes trends for multiple years based on samples from the population. The data will later appear in Vital Statistics of the United States. Please note: The title of this report was previously called Monthly Vital Statistics Reports (MVSR).; Index/Abstract Area; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

The NCBI C++ Toolkit: NLM; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

The NCBI Handbook: Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Information about NCBI databases, data flow and processing, querying and linking the data, and user support.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

NCBI Help Manual: Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf. Contains documentation for My NCBI help and PubMed help.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

NCBI News: Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

NCBI Short Courses: Airozo, Diana; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

The NCBI Style Guide: Beck, Belinda.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics: Behrman, Richard E.; WS100 G87d

Networking Health: Prescriptions for the Internet: This report explores the use of the Internet in health-related applications and attempts to delineate the technical capabilities that such applications demand.; W26.5 N38

Neuropsychological Assessment: Lezak, Muriel; A resource in the Rittenhouse R2 Library which provides full-text online access to selected monographs.

Neuroscience: Purves, Dale; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; WL102 N3944

Next Steps After Your Diagnosis: Finding Information and Support: Offers practical information on how to get the assistance one needs after a diagnosis has been made.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

NIH Curriculum Supplement Series: Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf. "BSCS." No source information provided.

NLM Catalog Help: The NLM Catalog provides access to NLM bibliographic data for over 1.2 million journals, books, audiovisuals, computer software, electronic resources, and other materials via the NCBI Entrez retrieval system. Entrez is the text-based search and retrieval system developed by NCBI to search their resources: PubMed, journals, protein structures ...

NLM Technical Bulletin: The Cumulative Index currently covers NLM Technical Bulletin issues from 1979 to 1994 and 1996 to present. Index entries for 1995 will be added in the near future. The majority of the entries found in these pages reference paper based issues of the NLM Technical Bulletin that are not available in electronic form. Back issues only exist in electronic form for issues published between May 1993 and the present. Only issues published from 1997 to the present are available as HTML documents.; Online Ref. Shelf

North Carolina Arthritis Report: Adobe Acrobat Reader required

North Carolina Cancer Facts & Figures: Battle, Latosha A.; The report discusses the current magnitude of the cancer problem in North Carolina with particular attention to selected site-specific cancers and selected populations. Each site-specific section use race and age as factors.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

North Carolina County Health Data Book: County and state level data in seven main areas: population, pregnancy/live births, mortality, morbidity, health resources and programs, education, and community health. Data may include revisions and, therefore, may differ from data previously published in this report and other publications

North Carolina Health Statistics Pocket Guide: Tables list and rank North Carolina, with other states and the nation, on basic indicators such as demographics, social & economic factors, morbidity & mortality statistics, and health care resources. The current edition is accessible only on the Web.

North Carolina Minority Health Facts: This report presents basic health facts about Hispanics and Latinosin North Carolina in the areas of mortality, chronic diseases, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, health risk factors, access to health care, quality of life, maternal and infant health, and child and adolescent health.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

North Carolina Reported Pregnancy Data: Total sum of North Carolina's induced abortions, live births and fetal deaths. Provides reported pregnancy counts for North Carolina residents classified by year, county, mother's race, age, Hispanic origin, education, and marital status. Reported pregnancies include live births, induced abortions, and fetal deaths of 20 or more weeks gestation.

North Carolina Vital Statistics - Volume 1, Population, Births, Deaths, Marriages , Divorces: The tables of this report show annual frequencies, annual rates, and 5-year rates for the state, six Perinatal Care Regions, and the 100 counties of North Carolina.; Index/Abstract Area

North Carolina Vital Statistics - Volume 2, Leading Causes of Death: North Carolina's total and cause-specific deaths at the state and county level.; Index/Abstract Area

North Carolina Hospital Discharges: 1996 Summary: Hospital discharge data for 1996 used to compare North Carolina to the nation, whites to minorities, and current hospitalization indices to those observed in 1990. The purpose is to discern trends and patterns in hospital use and charges.; WX16 Su77n 1998; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

NRMP User Guides: User Guides describing in detail how the new Registration, Ranking and Results (R3) System functions.

Nurse Staffing and Quality of Patient Care: Kane, Robert L.; How nurse to patient ratio and nurse work hours were associated with patient outcomes in acute care hospitals, factors that influence nurse staffing policies, and nurse staffing strategies that improved patient outcomes. Prepared for AHRQ by the Minnisota Evidence-Based Practice Center; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Nursing Care Plans & Documentation: Nursing Diagnoses and Collaborative Problems: Carpenito-Moyet, Lynda Juall; WY 100 C22n

Nursing Home Trends, 1987 and 1996: This report presents the latest available information concerning three key elements related to nursing home care: the nursing home market from 1987 to 1996, special care units within nursing homes, and characteristics of nursing home residents in 1987 and 1996.; WT27.AA1 R34n 1999

Nursing Practice Act: State of North Carolina: An act to regulate the practice of nursing from the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina.; WY32.AN8 N812n; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates: This book provides best estimates of nutrient requirements. The volume covers requirements for energy: carbohydrates, including the role of dietary fiber; proteins and amino acids; fats and fatty acids; minerals, fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins; and water. The book also analyzes the composition of important foods and feed ingredients and offers guidelines on feed processing and diet formulation. Part of the series: Nutrient requirements of domestic animals: A Series; Earlier print edition in: QL737.P9 N212n 1978

Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice: Dudek, Susan G.; Please note: The Library is licensed for one simultaneous user.; WB 400 D86n

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Obstetrics - Normal and Problem Pregnancies: Gabbe, Steven G.; WQ100 Ob73

Occupational Mortality Among Working-Age North Carolinians: 1988-1997: Examines occupational mortality differences among working-age North Carolinians. Used to identify associations between cause of death and occupation that may warrant further study and identify groups in need of health promotion/disease prevention activities.; WA900.AA1 Oc12 1999; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Occupational Outlook Handbook: A nationally recognized source of career information. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.; Ref.19 HD8051 Oc1

Older Americans 2008: Key Indicators of Well-Being: The fourth chartbook comprised of the latest statistics from fifteen different agencies on topics that include population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, and health care.

Older Americans Update 2006: Key Indicators of Well-Being: Report covers 31 key indicators that portray aspects of the lives of older Americans and their families. Subject areas include population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, and health care.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

On Being A Scientist:: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research: Established guidelines and values in conducting scientific research. Produced by the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Operative Surgery Manual: Khatri, Vijay P.

Ophthalmology: Yanoff, Myron; WW100 Op22

Opinions of the Ethics Committee on the Principles of Medical Ethics with Annotations Especially Applicable to Psychiatry: Statements to questions and answers received by the Committee since 1973.; WM62 Am353o; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Orange Book: Enables searching of the approved drug list by active ingredient, proprietary name, applicant holder or applicant number.

The Osler Medical Handbook: Nilsson, Kent R.; WB102 Os5

Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery: Cummings, Charles W.; WV168 Ot6

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)(Duke only): Contains the full-text of the 20-volume second edition of the OED (except for the bibliography), the three additions published between 1993 and 1997, and quarterly releases of work in progress from the revision of the OED. The Oxford English Dictionary is a historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day.; PE1625 Ox2

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Palliative Medicine: Walsh, Declan

Parkinson's Disease: Diagnosis and Clinical Management: Factor, Stewart A.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Patient Safety in American Hospitals: HealthGrades; The first study to look at the mortality and economic impact of preventable, in-hospital medical errors and injuries that occurred at every hospital in the country using Medicae admissions data for a three year period (2000-2002).; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses: Hughes, Ronda.; Evidenced-based techniques and interventions used by nurses to enhance patient outcomes in any setting including hospitals, ambulatory treatment facilities, community-based care facilities and care performed by family members.

Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners: Park, Myung K.; WS290 P21p

Pediatric Care Planning: Speer, Kathleen Morgan.; Please note: The Library is licensed for one simultaneous user.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Board Review: Cuccurulo, Sarah J.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Physician Specialty Data: A Chart Book: Compares a range of characteristics of active physicians and residents/fellows in graduate medical education training programs across the largest specialties.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Physicians' Desk Reference: The electronic PDR provides fast, easy access to information found in the popular Physicians' Desk Reference® (PDR), the PDR for Nonprescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements®, and the PDR for Ophthalmic Medicines. This integrated system includes current FDA-approved prescription drugs, commonly used over-the-counter drugs, and specialized ophthalmic pharmaceuticals. Its global searching capability allows instant access to detailed data on ingredients, drug interactions, side effects, recommended dosages, clinical pharmacology, pediatric use, contraindications, and available forms. Information on drug manufacturers is also included.; QV772 P56; Please note: Use of this database is restricted to Medical Center workstations with Duke IP addresses and Virtual Private Network (VPN) accounts for the Duke University Health System. Remote access through the proxy server is prohibited.; Accessible to Duke users via Micromedex. To search by title, choose "search by database" then select PDR.

Plumer's Principles & Pratice of Intravenous Therapy: Weinstein, Sharon.; Please note: The Library is licensed for one simultaneous user.; WB 354 P73p

Polymicrobial Diseases: Brogden, Kim A.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Population Profile of the United States: America at the Close of the 20th Century: Using census data, this publication looks at the American population at the close of the 20th century.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

A Portrait of Adolescents in America: The second of three reports from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Strategic Indicator Surveys project.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

A Portrait of the Chronically Ill in America: The first of three reports from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Strategic Indicator Surveys project.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

A Portrait of Informal Caregivers in America: The third in a series of reports from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Strategic Indicator Surveys project.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Practical Guide to the Care of the Medical Patient: Ferri, Fred F.

Practice of Geriatrics: Duthie, Edmund H.

Preparing A Health Care Workforce for the 21st Century: the Challenge of Chronic Conditions: Core competencies for cariing for patients with chronic conditions including education of the workforce personnel and professional standards.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Prescription Drug Trends: Current statistics on the rising cost of prescription drugs, a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Preventable Hospitalizations: A Window into Primary and Preventive Care, 2000: Kruzikas, D.T.; Presents information on preventable hospitalizations for select chronic and acute conditions and for one birth outcome. The report covers tends at the national level from 1994-2000.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series: Board on Health Care Services; Responding to the key messages in earlier volumes of the series To Err Is Human (2000), Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001), and Patient Safety (2004) this book sets forth an agenda for improving the safety of medication use thus improving overall patient safety and reducing medical errors.

Primary Care: Singleton, Joanne K.; Please note: The Library is licensed for one simultaneous user.; W 84.6 P9322

Primary Care: America's Health in a New Era: IOM committee study sets out its vision of primary care - ensuring that it is shaped by concerns for meeting people's needs.; W84.6 In7p

The Principles of Medical Ethics with Annotations Especially Applicable to Psychiatry: APA policy on medical ethics and guidelines for ethical practice in organized settings.; WM62 Am35p; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Long, Sarah S.; WC100 P932

Priorities in Health: Jamison, Dean T.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Procedures in U.S. Hospitals, 2003: Elixhauser, Merrill C.; Summarizes information about hospital procedures from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), an all-payer hospital database maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). This report updates an earlier fact book that described procedures in 1997 (Ref.29 WX16 P94).; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Procedures in U.S. Hospitals, 1997: This report (the 2nd in a series from HCUP) provides facts and charts on topics such as the most common inpatient procedures performed in U.S. hospitals; the average number of procedures done per hospital stay; procedures associated with the longest hospital stays; procedures with highest in-hospital mortality; procedure charges billed to Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance; and procedures done in high-volume hospitals. Ref.29 WX16 P94 Hospitalization in the United States, 1997 is also available.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

A Profile of Older Americans: Full-text electronic version of the popular brochure with the latest key statistics on older Americans in 11 key subject areas.

Program Information on Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP and other programs ...: An overview of the program and its beneficiaries.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Providers in Demand: North Carolina's Primary Care and Specialty Supply: NCIOM Task Force on Primary Care and Specialty Supply; Growth in provider supply (healthcare workforce) has not kept pace with the growth in population or the increased demand for health services in North Caroina. The NCIOM convened a task force to address the likely possibility of a severe shortage of physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), and certified nurse midwives (CNMs) over the next 20 years in North Carolina.; W84.6 P94; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Psychiatric Secrets: Jacobson, James L.

PsychiatryOnline: A web-based portal featuring DSM-IV-TR® and the DSM-I, II and III archive. The site also contains major psychiatric textbooks, journals, APA practice guidelines, self-assessment tools, clinical and research news, and consumer/patient drug information handouts.; DSM-I, II and III available in PDF.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

PubMed Central Help: Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

PubMed Clinical Q&A: Dean, Laura.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

PubMed Help Documentation: Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

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Quarantine Stations At Ports of Entry: Protecting the Public's Health: Sivitz, Laura B.; To mitigate the risks posed by microbial threats of public health significance originating abroad, the CDC places small groups of staff at major U.S. airports. This book gives us a look at the expansion of those efforts to cover the establishment of new stations at 17 major U.S. ports of entry that comprise airports, seaports, and land-border crossings. The microbes of concern to the Quarantine Network are bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi, and prions that can replicate in humans.; WA234 In7q; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

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Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans: Nine papers analyzing differences in mortality and other aspects of health along with highliting critical interactions of socioeconomic status and environment with race and ethnicity. The studies also provide a perspective on the roles of culture and immigration experience.; WT30 R11

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in North Carolina: 2004 Update: Documentation of health differences between major ethnic groups in North Carolina for the purpose of showing disparities.; WA900.AN8 R11 2004 Update; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health, 1996: The first section presents data on the health insurance status of black, Hispanic, and white Americans. The second section addresses access to health care, described in terms of usual sources of care and barriers to care. Finally, the third section turns to the motivating force behind our nation's interest in this topic: differences in health status among American racial and ethnic groups.; WA900.AA1 K15r 1999

Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in North Carolina: Report Card 2003: Intended to monitor the state's progress toward eliminating the health status gap between racial and ethnic minorities and the white population.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases: American Academy of Pediatrics; A composite summary of current AAP recommendations concerning infectious diseases in and immunizations for infants, children, and adolescents. A selection from the Stat!Ref electronic book collection.; WA 110 Am352r

The Registered Nurse Population: Findings From the 2004 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses: Findings from the eighth sample survey of participants were drawn from each state's active nursing licensees. The report contains a summary and comparative data with earlier surveys, data tables with summaries, review of the methodology and a (pdf) of the survey instrument.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User's Guide: Gliklich, Richard E.; A handbook of "good registry practices" that serves as a reference for establishing, maintaining, and evaluating the success of registries created to collect data about patient outcomes. Prepared under contract for AHRQ's Efective Health Care program. Senior editors: Richard E. Gliklich, Nancy A. Dreyer; Associate editors: David Matchar, Gregory Samsa, Duke Evidence-based Practice Center.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Reported Pregnancies (NC): Annual estimates of pregnancy rates, live births rates, abortion rates, and abortion fractions by age and race.; Online since 2000; earlier print copies in stacks under WQ 440 N81n

Reported Tuberculosis in the United States: Presents summary data for TB cases reported to the DTBE during the year.; WF205 Un3tu; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety: Ulmer, Cheryl; An evaluation of residency training in the United States and the impact of residents' duty hours on patient safety and the relationship of hours of work and sleep to performance.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Responsible Research : A Systems Approach to Protecting Research Participants: Federman, Daniel D.; Outlines a three-pronged approach to ensure the protection of every participant through the establishment of effective Human Research Participant Protection Programs (HRPPPs).

Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce: Calls for bold initiatives starting immediately to train all health care providers in the basics of geriatric care and to prepare family members and other informal caregivers, who currently receive little or no training in how to tend to their aging loved ones. The book also recommends that Medicare, Medicaid, and other health plans pay higher rates to boost recruitment and retention of geriatric specialists and care aides.

Retroviruses: Coffin, John M.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; QW168.5R18 R312

Review of Medical Physiology: Ganong, William F.; This book is a concise summary of mammalian and, particularly, of human physiology, pertinent aspects of general and comparative physiology, summaries of relevant anatomic considerations. This book is written primarily for those who have some knowledge of anatomy, chemistry, and biochemistry. Examples from clinical medicine are given where pertinent to illustrate physiologic points. A selection from the Stat!Ref electronic books.; QT104 G15r

Robbins and Cotran: Pathologic Basis of Disease: Cotran, Ramzi S.; QZ4 R53p

Roget's Thesaurus: Searchable dictionary of English language synonyms and antonyms. Roget's International Thesaurus is in Ref.1 PE1591 R63t and there is also an online version of Roget's II: The New Thesaurus.; Ref.1 PE1591 R63td

Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice: Marx, John A.; WB105 Em323

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Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice: Townsend, Courtney M., Jr.; WO 100 C46t

Scaling Up Treatment for the Global AIDS Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities: Curran, James; Discusses the development of highly active antiretroviral (ARV) therapy for the treatment of HIV/AIDS in developed countries and how the treatment program has affected morbidity and mortality. Emphasizes the need for these treatments in undeveloped countries.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Schwartz's Principles of Surgery: Brunicardi, F. Charles; Basic and clinical sections that contain the latest in surgical science, surgical techniques, and therapy for students, residents, and surgeons. A selection from Stat!Ref electronic book collection.; WO100 Sch95p

Science & Engineering Indicators: Intended to provide the factual information on science and technology (S&T;) resources needed by policymakers in government, industry, and academia in weighing policy options. The National Science Board has long provided high-quality quantitative information relevant to S&T; policy issues through its biennial Science & Engineering Indicators reports.

Sensible ECG Analysis: Lewis, Kathryn; A resource in the Rittenhouse R2 Library which provides full-text online access to selected monographs.; WG140 L582s

Sequence - Evolution - Function: Computational Approaches in Comparative Genomics: Koonin, Eugene V.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Sherris Medical Microbiology: Ryan, Kenneth J.; This book is intended to be the primary text for students of medicine and medical science who are encountering microbiology and infectious diseases for the first time. A selection from the Stat!Ref electronic book collection.; WC100 M46

The Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: National High Blood Pressure Education Program.; This national guideline should serve as a tool to be adapted and implemented in local and individual situations. Using evidence-based medicine and consensus, the report updates contemporary approaches to hypertension control.; WG340 J66r

Skeletal Trauma in Children: Green, Neil E.; WE 175 Sk26

Skeletal Trauma: Basic Science, Management, and Reconstruction: Browner, Bruce D.

Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, Management: Feldman, Mark.; WI140 G2133

Social Security Online: Replaces the print version of Social Security Handbook which is no longer available in print. This site summarizes information about Social Security programs.

Spinal Cord Medicine: Principles and Practice: Lin, Vernon W.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

Standards, Recommended Practices, and Guidelines: AORN staff; A resource in the Rittenhouse R2 Library which provides full-text online access to selected monographs.

The State of 50+ America: Rather, John; AARP's 2nd annual report card on the quality of life of Americans 50 and older. The report use 25 indicators that include: economic, health, consumption and social/lifestyle, and long-term care and independent living.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

State Medical Facilities Plan: While the title may not refect the content, this resource contains calculations on North Carolina's health care facilities, services and procedures. The tables contain data by county, by hospital, by number of procedures, by equipment, by volume ...; WX27.AN8 N812s; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Statistical Abstract of the United States: Use this work especially when looking for statistics other than health statistics. Contains tables addressing the nation's social organization, economy and politics, as well as health. It serves as a guide to other publications by giving the citation for each table included.; HA202 Un3s; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Statistical Rolodex (Fast Stats AtoZ): Search topics on state and territorial data from the National Center for Helath Statistics (NCHS). Each entry includes state vital statistics.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Stedman's Medical Dictionary: Basic search feature retrieves the full-text resource; available through Anatomy TV.; W13 En36s

A Stereotaxic Atlas of the Brain of the Zebra Finch: Nixdorf-Bergweiler, Barbara E.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Student Financial Aid For North Carolinians: A directory of financial assistance for college students in North Carolina. The directory includes scholarships or grants, loans and work study funding.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Surgical Treatment: Evidence Based and Problem-Oriented: Holzheimer, Rene G.; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.

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Telemedicine: A Guide to Assessing Telecommunications for Health Care: Presents a broad framework for evaluating clinical applications of telemedicine and argues for more systematic and rigorous assessments of their effects on health care quality, accessibility, costs, and acceptability compared to alternative services.; W84.AA1 In75t

Textbook of Family Medicine: Rakel, Robert E.; WB110 F212

Textbook of Clinical Neurology: Goetz, Christopher G.

Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment: Galanter, Marc; A resource in the Rittenhouse R2 Library which provides full-text online access to selected monographs.; WM270 Am354

Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments: Gabbard, Glen O.; A textbook selection from Psychiatryonline that covers the basic science and psychology underlying additions.

Title Index for the Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures, v.1-7: Jamison, Martin; A list of test instruments published in volumes 1-7 of the Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures by Martin Jamison. Also available in print: Ref.8 BF431 B93na v.1-7.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System: Kohn, Linda T.; Examines the quality of health care in America and how to achieve a threshold of change in quality.; WB100 T55

Training Tomorrow's Doctors: The Medical Education Mission of Academic Health Centers: Blumenthal, David; This fifth report examines the education of the nation's health care workforce.; A Report of the Commonwealth Fund Task Force on Academic Health Centers; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Traveler's Health - Yellow Book: The Yellow Book has become the standard set of recommendations for health maintenance and prevention of illness among US travelers. It is written primarily for health-care providers, including physicians, nurses, and pharmacists, although the public will find the book an excellent resource as well.

Trends in Outpatient Prescription Drug Utilization and Expenditures: 1997-2000: Stagnitti, Marie N.; Data on trends in utilization and expenditures for outpatient prescription medicines in the US civilian noninstitutionalized population from 1997-2000.; Statistical Brief #21.

2020 Vision: Health in the 21st Century: Examines to changes in health care costs and delivery.; WA540.AA1 In73t

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U.S. Code: A cumulation of laws (slip bills, acts, amendments) passed by Congress. The Code consists of six year cumulations of the Statutes at Large

U.S. Decennial Life Tables: These life tables are used to obtain measures of comparative longevity for persons in the United States.

U.S. Government Manual: Detailed information on the organization, activities, and chief officers of all government agencies within the legislative, judicial, and executive branches.

Ulrichsweb (Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory): The Ulrichsweb.com journal database provides bibliographic descriptions, classifications, database indexing, peer review status (refereed), and ordering information for over 220,000 periodicals and serials, including discontinued publications and publisher contact information.

The Uninsured in America: 1996-2001: Rhoades, J.A.; An overview of the uninsured followed by three major predictors for the lack of insurance: age, race & ethnicity and employment status.; MEPS Chartbook No. 9.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Uninsured Americans with Chronic Health Conditions: Key Findings from the National Health Interview Survey: Davidoff, Amy; Documentation of the prevelance and impact of selected chronic diseases from among the uninsured. Diseases include: diabetes, hypertension, arthritis related conditions, asthma, high cholesterol, heart disease. Data used came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2003 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Amy Davidoff and Genevieve M. Kennedy were the authors of the study.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

United States Cancer Statistics: The second annual joint report produced with the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR). Previous report(s) can be found here: http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/ncpr/uscs; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice: Guyatt, Gordon; An online tool to guide clinicians in the appraisal and application of evidence into their everyday practice. The content is interactive with dynamic tips, worksheets, calculators, and illustrative clinical cases. New interactive features are added continually.; WB102 Us2

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Vaccines, Chapter 6, Smallpox and Vaccinia: Plotkin, Stanley A.; Note: only Chapter 6: Smallpox and Vaccinia, is available for this book. Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; QW805 V132

Varney's Midwifery: Varney, Helen; A resource in the Rittenhouse R2 Library which provides full-text online access to selected monographs.

Visual Histology (text atlas): Moran, David T.; This image-rich text-atlas is a free 300-page open access web-based book with keyword-inked glossary. The atlas covers the histologic organization of the body and includes black & white figures and plates. The Visual Histology DVD series containing 26 30-minute video programs is also available on Reserve (QS504 V82)

Vital and Health Statistics: Individual reports published from surveys and studies conducted by the NCHS. Consists of irregularly issued subseries focusing on various health reports. This "Rainbow" series contains the National Health Interview Survey, National Health Examination Survey (NHANES), Hospital Discharge Survey, and the National Ambulatory Medical Survey. Collectively, these titles comprise what is known as the National Health Survey. Its weakness is that it contains no index. However, Walsh & Bothmer's Vital and Health Statistics Series: an Annotated Checklist and Index to the Publications of the "Rainbow Series" (WA900.AA1 V83 1991) lists, annotates, and indexes all the reports issued up until 1991.; Index/Abstract Area

Vital Statistics of the United States: Although outdated for more than five years, this publication represents the final accumulation of United States vital statistics published in three volumes: Natality, Mortality, and Marriage and Divorce statistics. Volume II is published in two parts (A & B) with detailed mortality data that includes tabulations for each state and county, specific urban places, etc. More current data can be found in the Monthly Vital Statistics Report.; Index/Abstract Area

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We the People: Aging in the United States: Gist, Yvonne; A portrait of the social and economic characteristics of the population aged 65 and over in the US. A companion brief called: The 65 Years and Over Population: 2000 is also available.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Webvision: The Organization of the Retina and Visual System: Kolb, Helga.; An electronic tutorial with the latest advancements in eye technology.

What Goes into the Cost of Prescription Drugs? ... and Other Questions About Your Medicines.: PhRMA; Addresses consumer issues and misconceptions including costs associated with R&D;, prolonging life, new medicines, health care spending, where the money goes,, price comparisons, patents, patient assistance programs, and marketing to consumers.

What Your Patients Need to Know About Psychiatric Medications: Hales, Robert E.; Patient information handouts for major psychiatric drugs.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Where To Write For Vital Records: Contact information for individual vital records maintained only on file in state or local vital statistics offices.

Who Will Care for Us? Addressing the Long-Term Care Workforce Crisis: Stone, Robyn I.; The paraprofessional workforce includes: nursing assistants, home health & home care aids, personal care workers, and personal care asisstants.,; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century: Gebbie, Kristine; Provides an overview of the past, present, and future of public health education with emphasis on: informatics, genomics, communication, cultural competence, community-based participatory research, global health, policy and law, and public health ethics.

Wilderness Medicine: Auerbach, Paul S.; QT250 M31

Williams Hematology: Lichtman, Marshall A.; A comprehensive and up-to-date textbook on hematology selected from the Stat!Ref electronic book collection.; WH120 H37

Williams Obstetrics: Cunningham, F. Gary; A comprehensive and up-to-date textbook on obstetrics selected from the Stat!Ref electronic book collection.; WQ100 W67o

Williams Textbook of Endocrinology: Larsen, P. Reed; WK140 W67t

Women And Heart Disease: An Atlas of Racial And Ethnic Disparities in Mortality: Provides critical data on geographic, racial, and ethnic inequalities in women's heart disease death rates for the five major racial and ethnic groups. The Atlas includes more than 200 national and state maps of heart disease mortality. The maps in the Atlas highlight the geographic, racial, and ethnic inequalities in heart disease mortality among women and provide government agencies and their partners at the local, state, and national levels with information to tailor heart-healthy programs and policies to the communities of women with the greatest burden of heart disease.; WG16 W84

WormBook: The Online Review of C. elegans Biology: C. elegans Research Community; Made available by: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

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Yale University School of Medicine Heart Book: Zaret, Barry L.; This book is intended to improve your role as an informed partner in achieving or maintaining cardiovascular health.; Adobe Acrobat Reader required

Your Genes, Your Choices : Exploring the Issues Raised by Genetic Research: This cyberbook describes the Human Genome Project, the science behind it, and the ethical, legal, and social issues that are raised by the project. This book was written as part of the Science + Literacy for Health project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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