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The Hong Kong Practitioner
VOLUME 25 / October 2003
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| What's in the web for
family physicians - geriatric medicine |
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The Hong Kong Geriatrics Society http://www.fmshk.com.hk/hkgs/home.htm |
The home page of the Hong Kong Geriatric
Society gives an outline of the various functions of the Society. It features
the newsletter and the Journal of the Society, press releases and position
statements made by the Society and other web-links on Geriatrics on Internet.
The educational materials on Geriatrics, and SARS and Elderly are particularly
educational for primary care physicians. |
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| 2. | The Merck Manual of Geriatrics http://www.merck.com/pubs/mm_geriatrics |
The comprehensive yet concise textbook
on Geriatrics is available online free of charge. A total of 134 chapters
of text materials can be accessed with simple mouse clicks. The search
function allows search of any keyword within the text materials with ease.
The website provides a very handy tool for looking up any Geriatric topic. |
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| 3. | Liverpool Handbook of Geriatric Medicine http://www.liv.ac.uk/GeriatricMedicine/TextbookFrame1.htm |
A concise handbook on Geriatrics presenting
major principles and common problems of geriatrics. The content is divided
into 3 sections: Introduction, Giants of Geriatric Medicine and Common
Problems in Old Age. Articles are easy to read, and essential issues on
Geriatrics are laid out nicely in the website. |
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| 4. | Dr. Stall's Educational Web Page on Geriatrics http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~drstall/index.html |
A Geriatrician's website featuring principles
and advice on geriatric medicine from his own experience. Clinical tools
for assessing geriatric patients are made available online: Mini-mental
Status Examination, Geriatric Depression Scale and Global Deterioration
Scale. Other Geriatric weblinks are also listed. |
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| 5. | National Institute on Aging (NIA) http://www.nia.nih.gov/ |
This well designed website maintained by
National Institute of Health with focus on aging problems presents a wide
range of topics, from specific diseases or health conditions to treatments
and research relating to aging. In addition, specific information from
NIA about Alzheimers Disease is available. |
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| 6. | Age and Ageing http://ageing.oupjournals.org/ |
Age and Ageing is the Journal of the British
Geriatric Society and is an international journal publishing original
articles and reviews on geriatric medicine and gerontology. Its range
includes research on ageing and clinical, epidemiological and psychological
aspects of later life. Users can register for free with the website, or
request Email Table of Content of future issues. |
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| 7. | Geriatric Times http://www.geriatrictimes.com/clinical.html |
Geriatric Times is a well illustrated site
on Geriatrics with special reports, compelling editorial content, news
coverage, continuing education articles and patient teaching aids. It
provides a good resource on Geriatrics for healthcare professionals and
patients. The website harbours a huge list of Geriatric weblinks. |
| A K Y Tang, MBBS(HK) Correspondence to: |
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Please note that this and previous editions of "What's in the Web for Family Physicians" are now on the links page of the Web site. All suggested sites are connected by hyperlinks and can be reached by a click of the mouse. |