Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Offers an extensive collection of online brochures in environmental health, chronic disease prevention, infectious diseases, injury prevention, occupational safety, and diseases.
- http://www.cdc.gov/page.do
Medicare Publications - Information on benefits, patients' rights and obligations. Some documents available in French and Spanish. - http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Search/SearchCriteria.asp?version=alternate&browser=Netscape%7C5.0%7CLinux&Language=English&pagelist=Home&comingFrom=13
Washington State Medical Association: Patient Brochures - Patient brochures on a variety of health and social topics available online or free by mail to organizations and Washington state hospitals or clinics. - http://www.wsma.org/patients/brochures.html
The Little Surgery - A list of patient information leaflets. - http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ruth.livingstone/little/info.htm
Medical Condition Monographs - Patient consultation medical condition monographs, acne to yeast infections, from RxInsider. - http://rxinsider.com/monographs/monograph.htm
American Academy of Family Physicians - Provides the full text of patient education handouts, which are also included in the journal, American Family Physician. - http://www.familydoctor.org/
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - Educational brochures and pamphlets available to the public at no cost. Can be read online. - http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_mat_req_index.adp?b_type=1&item_id=11163
United States Pharmacopeial Convention - Includes "Just Ask," six online brochures containing patient FAQs on medications, evaluation tools for professionals to assess education and counseling, and drug information. - http://www.usp.org
Multi-cultural Educational Services - These multi-lingual booklets were developed to provide information to newcomers in Minnesota. Multi-Cultural Educational Services created these materials in collaboration with Anoka County Community Health and Environmental Services. They were originall - http://www.mcedservices.com/
Appropriate Utilization of Antibiotics - Brochure developed by the Heartland Health Education Center in it community-wide health education campaign entitled "Refuse To Misuse". Requires Adobe Acrobat reader. - http://www.hhco.org/brochure.pdf
HRSA Information Center - Individuals can order publications and resource materials from all divisions of the Federal Health Resources and Services Administration. In addition, people can search for contact information about other organizations providing health care and informati - http://www.ask.hrsa.gov
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Fact sheets and patient brochures on orthopaedics, safety, and injury prevention. - http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/all.cfm
U-Write Patient Education Handouts - Provides links to the major cardiology, orthopedic, and pulmonary patient education providers. It also shows practices how to create their own custom patient education handouts, on a budget. - http://www.u-write.com/