Reference

Health

The evaluated web sites listed below are part of the range of health information resources we have for you. To view the full range check out Health Information Resources.

Categories

* Comprehensive Health Sites
* Alcohol and Drugs
* Alternative Medicine
* Anatomy
* Children's Health
* Diet and Nutrition
* Diseases and Conditions
* Evaluating Health Web Sites
* Health News
* Health Professionals
* Hospitals
* Māori Health
* Magazines and Journals
* Medical Dictionaries
* Medicines
* Men's Health
* Mental Health
* New Zealand Health
* Occupational Health
* Sports and Fitness
* Support Groups
* Travel Health
* Women's Health

Sites

* Health And Wellness Resource Centre
Magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on health and health issues. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* Health Source Consumer & Nursing/Academic Editions
Collection of general health, nutrition and professional health care publications with over 800 full text. Includes Clinical Pharmacology database.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Includes information on more than 1,600 medical disorders and concepts. Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics. Written for a general audience. Ed. Jacqueline L. Longe. 2nd ed. Gale, 2002.
From The Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* Health @ Te Puna Web Directory
Links to New Zealand health information resources and health related organisations.
* Health and Social Services @ localeye
links to health and social services information and organizations in Christchurch and Canterbury. From localeye
From localeye - Your online guide to Christchurch and Canterbury.
* MEDLINEplus
Contains extensive information on diseases and conditions, prescription and non-prescription drugs and health news. This is an excellent site linking you to evaluated health information, run by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.A).
* PubMed
An index to over 11 million MEDLINE citations.
* Community Public Health Christchurch
Fact sheets and overviews on a number of health topics and issues.
* Everybody
Written for New Zealanders, Everybody provides fact-sheets on health topics, diseases and conditions. Articles are written by medical writers and reviewed by consumer health organisations and health professionals. Contains listings of support groups and an over-the-counter medicines guide.
* Family Doctor
Written by New Zealand health professionals, Family Doctor contains patient's guides, overviews and links for a wide range of health topics.
* HealthEd
Directory of health resources that can be ordered from the Ministry of Health.
* My Family Health Portrait
Create a personalized family health history report from any computer with an Internet connection and an up-to-date Web browser. From the US Surgeon General
* The World Health Organization (WHO)
The objective of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. A specialized agency within the United Nations system.