Websites, selected

Allied Health Professions Australia is the national peak body for major health professions and their representative bodies

AMA Australian Medical Association medical ethics page

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and information.

Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) is the national peak council of the community welfare sector in Australia, the principal voice of low income and disadvantaged people in social and economic policy matters. It has an extensive publications program, with some documents available in full text.

Healthinfonet is an innovative web resource that makes knowledge and information on Indigenous health easily accessible to inform practice and policy

Healthinsite an Australian Government initiative which aims to improve the health of Australians by providing easy access to quality information about health.

National Institutes of Health (USA) brings together a variety of health related information.

Medicare Australia information about the Australian health system

Metropolitan Health and Aged Care Services Division site comes from the Department of Human Services in Victoria. It provides access to a variety of sites and information related to hospitals and emergency care.

Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH) is nationally recognised as a peak body representing rural and remote allied health professionals.

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents find Acts of the Parliament

WHO World Health Organization

Subject gateways

Hardin MD : Medical Information + Pictures links to many sites covering different health and medical topics.

Intute:health & life sciences. (UK) free online service providing access to quality web resources for education and research, evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists in medicine and the allied health professions.

Intute: social sciences. (UK) free online service providing access to quality web resources for education and research, evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists in (among others) social welfare and sociology

Martindale Health Sciences Guide covers a very broad range of topics and types of material.

National Library for Health (UK) try their "Specialist Libraries" for specific topics.

WebLaw Australian legal resources with links to Health Law , Family Law and others.

Yahoo! Directory > Health or Yahoo! Directory AU & NZ > Health listing of health-related topics, with links to many sites.