Safe Surfing for Health Care Information Table of Contents

Making the Right Choice on the Web
Safe Surfing for Health Care Information

Table of Contents
1.	An explosion of health information at your fingertips Millions of pages are on the Web now and more are being added every day!
2.	Start your search What's a Boolean search? What's better to use—a health directory or a search engine?
3.	How to tell good information from bad Everyone seems to have a Web site these days. But whose site can you trust?
4.	Types of sites that generally offer good information Health information is available from all kinds of sources. Find out the strengths and weaknesses of each.
5.	Searching medical journals Go to the source to read the medical articles that make the headlines.
6.	Chat rooms, message boards & newsgroups These often helpful resources are growing in popularity, but learn to approach them with a healthy amount of caution.
7.	Looking for a physician? Need a physician across town or across the country? These resources will help you make the perfect match.
8.	Looking for a hospital? Search a national listing and check out the organization that accredits them.
9.	Looking for a clinical trial? Learn the questions you should ask before entering a trial and how you can find what trials are available.
10.	Sample search: A step-by-step search for medical information on ovarian cancer Still a little hesitant about doing an online search? We put together a sample search that illustrates one approach.
	Index of Web sites A complete list of the Web sites mentioned in this booklet.
	Quick Tips Ten quick tips for using the Web for health information.
	About this guide
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Last revised: March 09, 2004