Specializations

Sites devoted to particular practice areas; e.g. podiatry, proctology, ophthalmology, ear-nose-throat, etc.

Sub-headings:

Cardiology

Sports Medicine

Resources in this category:

American Academy of Family Physicians
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home.html

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is a non-profit medical association for family doctors and medical students. This site includes extensive information about the practice of family medicine as well as links to online publications from AAFP. The "Patients" section links to "FamilyDoctor.org," a health information resource for the whole family. AAFP members also have access to additional content within the "Members" section of AAFP.org.

Brain Surgery Information Center
http://www.brain-surgery.com/

Covers various information about brain surgery including brain-related disorders, up-to-date technique and expected experiences of a patient.

Dermatlas.org
http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/

This website contains a collection of images of dermatological conditions. The atlas is indexed by category, diagnosis, and body site.

Foot Web
http://www.footweb.com/

"Resource for finding information about foot related health care problems, foot care providers, as well as footcare products."

FreeBookCentre
http://www.freebookcentre.net/

Freebookcentre.net contains links to thousands of free online technical books. These include core computer science, networking, programming languages, Systems Programming books, Linux books and many more.

Global Anesthesia Server Network
http://anestit.unipa.it/HomePage.html

Bibliographies, book reviews, links to professional resources, and freely accessible online reference materials for the anesthesia community.

HealthWeb: Ophthalmology
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/ophth.html

Annotated links to Web resources about ophthalmology. Categories include disease resources, educational resources, newsgroups and e-mail lists, organizations, conferences, careers, and electronic publications.

Southern California Orthopedic Institute
http://www.scoi.com/

Although a commerical site, there is plenty of useful information about orthopedics for consumers. The first screen has graphical links to the knee, shoulder, ankle, spine, hand and elbow, with each link providing anatomical information and conditions requiring medical intervention. Surgical procedures are illustrated and discussed in basic terms. Additional links include pediatric orthopedics and an in-depth look at arthritis of the hip and knee. A major focus appears to be patient education.

TransWeb.org: A Resource on Transplantation and Donation
http://www.transweb.org/

TransWeb is a resource created to provide information on organ donation and transplantation.