Resources
The American College of Surgeons www.facs.org/personeducation/person-resources/systems.html
The “Persons as Partners in Surgical Care” site contains educational information to help you and your family become informed about your operation and surgical care. The site provides current information about surgical procedures, diseases, tests, medicines and pain management from government and professional sources to support people in becoming participants in their surgical care.
United States National Library of Medicine www.nlm.nih.gov/about/index.html
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://orthoinfo.aaos.org
Provides an Education Library on topics about orthopedics - parts of the body, and diseases and conditions.