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www.okmedicalboard.org offers current and vital
information on medical practitioners licensed by the
Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision.
Here you can look up a medical doctor by name and find out
the areas in which the doctor is board certified as well as
whether he/she has been disciplined,
but details of disciplinary action are not provided on this
site. For more disciplinary details, or for information on
other health-care professionals, try http://www3.kwtv.com/discdocs/DiscDocsSearch.asp
which contains information about Oklahoma physicians (M.D.s
and D.O.s), dentists (D.D.S.s and D.M.D.s) and dental hygienists
(R.D.H.s), and veterinarians (D.V.M.s) who have been disciplined
by the boards governing their professions.
www.legalnurse.com
is a good place to start your search. It is the homepage of
the Medical/Legal Consulting Institute, whose set of links
is clear, well-organized and targeted to attorneys. Most links
are accompanied by a brief explanation of where you are being
sent.
www.medicinenet.com
is a site run by a network of doctors, is written in easy-to-understand
language yet it's very comprehensive. It is well organized
and simple to use, and has a useful medical dictionary.
www.ahcpr.gov
is the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research offers information
on clinical practice guidelines, the sets of recommended procedures
for health care providers.
www.certifieddoctor.org
is a web page published by the American Board of Medical Specialties.
Find out what it means for a doctor to be "board certified,"
and even find out whether your doctor, or any doctor, is board
certified in any field.
www.quackwatch.com
says it is "Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and
Intelligent Decisions." Published by "Quackwatch,
Inc., a member of Consumer Federation of America," which
"is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat
health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. Its primary
focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult
or impossible to get elsewhere."
www.rxlist.com
has information about drugs, interactions, side effects, and
more.
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