Choosing a Doctor or Health Care Service

Children

1.	Finding a Therapist for Your Child's Emotiona Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/finding_therapist.html




2.	Finding a Doctor for Your Child Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/doctor/find_ped.html

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Physician-Patient Relations National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/condition=physician+patient+relations&recr...

Directories

1.	Eldercare Locator: Community Assistance for Senio Administration on Aging http://www.eldercare.gov/

Law and Policy

1.	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ( Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/media/press/release.asp?Counter=985

Organizations

1.	National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/




2.	Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Or http://www.jcaho.org

Overviews

1.	Helping You Choose the Hospital for You Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/making+better+choices/helping+you+choos...




2.	Your Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/qualguid.pdf

Related Issues

1.	Home Care Service: What Is It and How Do You Find Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HO00084




2.	How to Find a Physician National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/public/geninfo_find_physician.htm




3.	How to Select a Care Provider National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3282




4.	Issues to Consider When Choosing a Brain Tumor Tre National Brain Tumor Foundation http://www.braintumor.org/pservices/pdfarchive/FactSheet-TreatmentCenter.pd...




5.	It's Your Choice American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/public_info/patient_choice/ychoice.html




6.	Know Your Anesthesiologist American Society of Anesthesiologists http://www.asahq.org/patientEducation/know.htm




7.	Looking for a Qualified Surgeon American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/public_info/yourhealth/findadoc.html




8.	Selecting a Complementary and Alternative Medicine National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine http://nccam.nih.gov/health/practitioner/index.htm




9.	Selecting a Hospital United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/beforethetransplant/hospital/hospital.aspx




10.	Selecting a Refractive Eye Surgeon LASIK Institute http://www.lasikinstitute.org/Selecting_Surgeon.html




11.	Selecting an ART Program American Society for Reproductive Medicine http://www.asrm.org/Patients/select.html




12.	Helping You Identify Quality Laboratory Services Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/making+better+choices/helping+you+choos...




13.	Helping You Choose Quality Home Care and Hospice S Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/making+better+choices/helping+you+choos...




14.	Choosing a Mental Health Provider: How to Find One Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=MH00008




15.	Choosing a Psychiatrist American Psychiatric Association http://www.psych.org/public_info/choosing_psych/index.cfm




16.	Choosing a Doctor: A Guide for People with Medica Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/10180.pdf




17.	Choosing a Treatment Facility Leukemia & Lymphoma Society http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_mat_toc.adp?item_id=9877




18.	Choosing a Cleft Palate or Craniofacial Team Cleft Palate Foundation http://www.cleftline.org/publications/choosingteam.htm




19.	Choosing an HIV Care Provider New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center http://www.aidsinfonet.org/articles.php?articleID=202&newLang=en




20.	Choosing and Communicating with a Cancer Specialis Leukemia & Lymphoma Society http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_mat_toc.adp?item_id=9872




21.	Choosing Long-Term Care: A Guide for Patients with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/choosingltc.pdf




22.	Choosing Treatments Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/10182.pdf




23.	Considerations for Choosing a Bone Marrow Transpla Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.hrsa.gov/osp/dot/choosebmt.htm




24.	Helping You Choose Quality Behavioral Health Care Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/making+better+choices/helping+you+choos...




25.	Helping You Choose Quality Ambulatory Care Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/making+better+choices/helping+you+choos...




26.	Guide to Selecting and Monitoring Brain Injury Reh Brain Injury Association of America http://www.biausa.org/Pages/guide_to_selecting.html




27.	Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/02174.pdf




28.	Find a Plastic Surgeon: Make the Right Choice American Society of Plastic Surgeons http://www.plasticsurgery.org/find_a_plastic_surgeon/making-an-informed-dec...




29.	Criteria for Selecting a High-Tech Infertility Cli International Council on Infertility Information Dissemination http://www.inciid.org/article.php?cat=treatment&id=302




30.	Considering Long Term Care for Your Parents: Allow Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HA00054




31.	Choosing a Hospital: A Guide for People with Medic Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/hospital.pdf

Research

1.	Is an Older, More Experienced Doctor a Better Doct American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/142/4/I-54




2.	New Study Suggests that Death Rates for Some Cardi Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2003/surgvolpr.htm




3.	New Study Shows Critical Role for Primary Care Spe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs040826.htm




4.	Are There Enough Primary Care Physicians Available American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/x27022.xml

Seniors

1.	Choosing a Doctor National Institute on Aging http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/choose.asp




2.	Finding a New Doctor: A Guide for Older Adults Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HA00058




3.	Long-Term Care: Choosing the Right Place National Institute on Aging http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/longterm.asp

Women

1.	Choosing Your Health Care Provider for Pregnancy Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HO00111