Liens

L’inclusion des sites qui suivent ne doit pas être interprétée comme un appui, de la part du Conseil, sur l’organisation. Le Conseil n’a aucun contrôle sur le contenu des sites qui suivent.

Si vous trouviez un site utile, s’il vous plaît fait envoyez moi un courriel avec l’addresse : johnsanford@sympatico.ca

Les sites sont divisés en catégories :

·                   Liens aux pages de langue Française

·                   Les soins palliatifs

·             Généraux

·             À domicile

·                   Information pour les patients et leurs famille

·             Général

·             SIDA

·             ALS

·             Maladie d’Alzheimer

·             Cancer

·             MS

·                   Informations détaillées

·                   Institutions & Organisations

·                   Pour les professionnels de la santé

·                   Publications

·                   Autres listes

Palliative Care

This group of sites is concerned with palliatives care, hospices and bereavement counselling.

·                   ~ General ~

·                   Bruderhof Grief Companion

·                   Canadian Virtual Hospice

·                   West Island Palliative Care Residence

·                   American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine

·                   Growth House - Palliative care ( The place to start -wide variety of topics covered well)

·                   Edmonton Palliative Car Program (for patients, families & physicians)

·                   HELP - Helpful Links to Palliative care U.K.(geared to solving problems)

·                   Institute of Palliative Care/Institut de soins palliatifs (University of Ottawa)

·                   Hospice Foundation of America (General hospice & bereavement information)

·                   Hospice Hands Web Site (General hospice information)

·                   Pain Net, Inc. (Information for patients & MD's on dealing with pain)

·                   Partners Against Pain (layman's guide to pain control & expert information for MD's)

·                   ~ Home Care ~

·                   Dying Well (From Dr. Ira Byock's book for patients and families facing life-limiting illness.)

·                   Caregiver Network Inc. (Canadian discussion group for care givers)

·                   Candlelighters Canada Catalogue-Palliative Care - Videos

·                   Coping Within the Family

·                   Eating well when you have cancer

·                   Home Care On-Line (good "consumer information" section)

·                   Home Care Guide for Advanced Cancer (Problem solving book for caregivers)

·                   Family Caregiver Alliance (Useful resource of long term care)

·                   IPC - Children & Palliative Care

·                   L' Institut de soins palliatifs - Des resources pediatriques

·                   James Haller's Kitchen (Cooking for the very ill)

·                   Non-Chew Cookbook

·                   VON - Services

Medical Information for Patients and Families

Genera l

·                   Growth House, Inc., Home Page (wide variety of information)

·                   Healthfinder (User friendly gateway to consumer health information)

·                   Healthopedia (health "encyclopedia")

·                   Cancer Pain & Palliative Medicine Reference Database

AIDS

·                   AIDS Education Information System

·                   The Body: A Multimedia AIDS and HIV Resource

·                   Canadian HIV Trials Network

·                   JAMA HIV/AIDS Information Center

·                   Yahoo! - Health:Diseases and Conditions:AIDS/HIV

ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

·                   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease) (Yahoo selection)

·                   ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) - Doctor's Guide to the Internet

·                   Welcome to the ALS Society of Canada's Homepage

Alzheimer

·                   ADEAR Center

·                   Alzheimer Society of Canada - Montreal

·                   Alzheimer Society of Canada - Soci_t_ Alzheimer

·                   Dementia Web

·        Ethical Elders Care Network

·                   Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital

Cancer

·                   Association of Cancer Online Resources

·                   Basic Information on Cancer (Cancer Guide includes types & staging information)

·                   Cancerguide

·                   CancerBackup (U.K. information & support - treatment, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery and more)

·                   CancerNet (National Cancer Institute's Web Site)

·                   ICR Home Page (U.K. - Institute of Cancer Research)

·                   My Child Has Cancer

·                   National Cancer Institute - Patients Page

·                   NCI Kids Home Page (Discusses pediatric cancers)

·                   Radiotherapy (National Cancer Institute)

·                   Steve Dunn's Cancer Information Page (pros & cons of doing your own research)

·                   The Ten Commandments for Cancer Survival (helpful hints from OncoLink)

·                   Understanding Adjuvant Chemotherapy (Cancer Guide)

Specific Cancers

·        Bladder ~ American Foundation for Urologic Disease

·        Brain ~ American Brain Tumor Association

·        ........ ~ Brain Tumour Society

·        Breast ~ National Breast Cancer Coalition

·        ......... ~ Y-Me

·        Colorectal ~ American Gastroenterological Association

·        Kidney ~ National Kidney Cancer Association

·        Leukemia ~ Leukemia Society of America

·        Liver ~ American Liver Association

·        Lung ~ Canadian Lung Association

·        Lymphoma ~ Lymphoma Research Foundation of America

·        Myeloma ~ Myeloma Canada

·        Ovarian ~ National Ovarian Cancer Coalition

·        Pituitary ~ Pituitary Network Association

·        Prostate ~ Prostate Cancer

·        Skin ~ American Academy of Dermatology

·        Testicular ~ American Urological Association

·        Thyroid ~ American Thyroid Association

 

MS Multiple Sclerosis

·                   Medline guide to Multiple Sclerosis

 

Medical information in more depth

This section has sites for those who want to do more research or obtain more detailed information.

·                   Cancer Resource Center (Mayo Clinic O@SIS)

·                   American College of Physicians Home Care Guide for Advanced Cancer

·                   CancerNet (National Cancer Institute's web site)

·                   Hardin Meta Directory for Oncology

·                   Institute of Cancer Research (University of London U.K.)

·                   Medicine On Line

·                   Medscape (registration required - free - for some inquiries)

·                   MedWorld: