Evidence-Based Consumer Health
The Sladen Library professional staff presents you with web sites relating to the topic of Evidence-Based Consumer Health:
Cancer Profiler - This is an interactive, decision-support tool for patients. Users complete a confidential questionnaire to create an individualized report that details risks and benefits of therapies, as well as questions to ask the physician. Personalized evidence-based treatment plans are available for twenty cancer types.
Cochrane Collaboration Consumer Network - Searchable by topic area, this site contains more than 400 consumer synopses of Cochrane systematic review abstracts (with links to the original abstracts) to help clinicians and consumers make informed health care decisions. A glossary of health care research terms is also available.
Consumer Versions of Clinical Practice Guidelines - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality links consumers to sixteen full-text clinical guidelines for patients from Health Services Technology Assessment Texts (HSTAT).
DISCERN - Since 1996, this U.K. organization has worked to empower consumers and providers to better evaluate online health information. The full DISCERN instrument teaches how to determine a publication's reliability, and the Quick Reference Guide lists key points to consider while researching treatment options.
Evidence-Based Medicine / NOAH - Geared toward patients, educators, nurses and librarians, this comprehensive portal provides links to the best online sources of evidence for consumers. Sections include EBM basics, types of evidence, research methods, statistical terms, special considerations, and evidence for consumers.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) - This is the consumer web site of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, and offers treatment information on multiple types of cancer. It also offers information on Making Treatment Decisions, Living with Cancer, Paying for Treatment, and Life Beyond Cancer.
SUNY Health Sciences Evidence Based Medicine Course - Fledgling researchers, flummoxed physicians, and frazzled consumers will benefit from this exceptionally clear and well-written electronic class. Understandable explanations of study types comprising The Evidence Pyramid can be found in "A Guide to Research Methods."
Compiled by Gail-Yvette Hendler Medical Library, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Links Checked October 2009
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