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[AIDS] AIDS Legal Bibliography
"A compilation of articles and books concerning legal issues surrounding the AIDS Epidemic before June 11, 1998"
By Arthur Leonard, Prof. of Law, NY Law School

bioethics.net - Cloning and Genetics
The American Journal of Bioethics Online
Sections include: Ethical Issues ; NBAC on Cloning ; U.S. Laws ; Cloning Debate ; Cloning News ; State Laws ; Cloning Basics ; Cloning & Humans ; Cloning & Animals ; Cloning & Stem Cells.

Center for Medicare Advocacy

The Cigarette Papers Online
Based on the Brown & Williamson documents with a foreword by C. Everett Koop.
By Stanton A. Glantz, John Slade, Lisa A. Bero, Peter Hanauer, and Deborah E. Barnes

Health Care Law Net
"A Comprehensive, Interactive Resource for Corporate Counsel and Healthcare Professionals"
Sections include: Laws & Regulations ; Court & Agency Decisions ; Agency Documents & Databases ; Compliance ; Information Privacy ; E-Health & Telemedicine.

Health Privacy Project
"...is dedicated to raising public awareness of the importance of ensuring health privacy in order to improve health care access and quality, both on an individual and a community level."
Sections include: Federal Law ; State Law ; Resources ; Consumer Coalition ; Health Privacy 101.

Medicare Rights Center

Legacy Tobacco Documents Library
"...is a digital library of internal tobacco industry documents from the files of top tobacco companies."
- University of California, San Francisco Library

LLRX.com
"is a unique, free Web journal dedicated to providing legal, library, IT/IS, marketing and administrative professionals with the most up-to-date information on a wide range of Internet research and technology-related issues, applications, resources and tools, since 1996."

• Research Medical Literature on the Internet -- 2005 Update
  Feature article by Gloria Miccioli, May 2005.

National Academy Press (free downloads)

• 2006
  • Reaping the Benefits of Genomic and Proteomic Research: Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation, and Public Health
    Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in Genomic and Protein Research and Innovation, National Research Council, 2006.
• 2002
  • Estimating the Public Health Benefits of Proposed Air Pollution Regulations
    Committee on Estimating the Health-Risk-Reduction Benefits of Proposed Air Pollution Regulations, National Research Council, 2002.
• 2001
  • Preserving Public Trust: Accreditation and Human Research Participant Protection Programs
    Committee on Assessing the System for Protecting Human Research Subjects, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine, 2001.

National Health Law Program

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

• Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Human Genetic Research (ELSI)
  "The links listed below will provide information on the history of ELSI, the kinds of issues and activities in which ELSI is involved, ELSI research and training opportunities at the NHGRI and related resources, publications and web pages."
  [see also Academic Info: Biological Sciences - Human Genome Project ]

National Practitioner Data Bank & Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank
"The Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB) is a national health care fraud and abuse data collection program for reporting and disclosing certain final adverse actions taken against health care providers, suppliers, or practitioners."

National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
"NARIC's 70,000+ resources are here at your fingertips! Explore the databases, browse the Calendar of Events, or sign up for our current awareness bulletins."
Databases include: REHABDATA (1956-present) ; NIDRR Program Directory ; Compendium of Products ; Knowledgebase of Disability and Rehabilitation Resources.

Native Elder Health Care Resource Center

[SARS] Centers for Disease & Prevention (U.S.)

• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
  Sections include: FAQs ; Fact Sheets ; Advice for Travelers ; News & Updates ; Guidelines & Recommendations ; Travel & International Resources ; Guidance ; CDC Resources & Advisories.
  • Executive Order 13295: Revised List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases (SARS)

[SARS] MEDLINEplus: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Sections include: Latest News ; From the NIH ; General/Overviews ; Pictures/Diagrams ; Prevention/Screening ; Specific Conditions/Aspects ; Genetics ; Directories ; Law and Policy ; Organizations ; Statistics ; Children ; Other Foreign Language.
- U.S. National Library of Medicine

Saint Louis University School of Law - Center for Health Law Studies

[Supplements] MedlinePlus: Dietary Supplements
Sections include: News ; From the NIH ; Specific Conditions ; Related Issues ; Publications ; Clinical Trials ; Research ; Directories ; Organizations ; Law & Policy ; Teenagers ; Seniors.
- National Institutes of Health

To Prohibit the Cloning of Humans, and for Other Purposes (H.R.1260)
Bill introduced 03/28/2001 sponsored by Rep. Kerns.
Bill Summary & Status for the 107th [US] Congress

Tobacco Control Archives
"Its purpose is to collect, preserve, and provide access to papers, unpublished documents and electronic resources relevant to tobacco control issues primarily in California."
Library & Center for Knowledge Management, University of California San Francisco

Treatment Advocacy Center - Legal Resources
"...dedicated to eliminating legal and clinical barriers to timely and humane treatment for Americans with severe brain disorders who are not receiving appropriate medical care. Focusing on schizophrenia and manic-depressive illness (bipolar disorder), TAC works to prevent the devastating consequences of non-treatment: homelessness, suicide, victimization, worsening of symptoms, violence, and incarceration."

World Health Organization

• International Digest of Health Legislation (IDHL) - (dead link)
  "...contains a selection of national and international health legislation. Texts of legislation are summarized in English or mentioned by their title. Where possible, links are provided to other websites that contain full texts of the legislation in question.
• Tobacco Free Initiative
  • Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

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