Other
Cook Children's Health Care System: Health Information: Conditions and Injuries
Large library of fact sheets about disease, medical conditions, and injuries, with explanations of symptoms, risk factors, treatments, prevention, and related information.
Other
Cook Children's Health Care System: Health Information: Videos and Animations
Collection of videos and animations that explain a variety of medical procedures, conditions, and treatments.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Fixing the Health Care System
This Online News Hour page provides an overview of President Barrack Obama's interests in health care reform. Links are also provided to five health care related stories in addition to class resources suitable for grades 7-12.
National Institutes of Health
U.s. National Library of Medicine: Pub Med Online Training
Learn how to gain access to MEDLINE, the National Library of Medicine database of citations and abstracts in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems, and preclinical sciences.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Addressing Health Mysteries
Describe the networks within the health care systems internationally, explore the impact of the SARS epidemic on world health and examine the effectiveness of the World Health Organization in communicable disease surveillance and response.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Price We Pay for Health: Us and Canada
Students will review the health systems of United States and Canada. They will identify the positive aspects of each system. They will look at the trade-offs associated with those positive aspects. In Canada, everyone has health care,...
University of Pennsylvania
History and Sociology of Science: America's Golden Age of Medicine?
Examine the history of the Golden Age of Medicine in America from the 1930s through the 1960s. Use photographs, primary sources, essays, and the suggested questions to trace the advances made in drugs, technology, and the delivery of...
World Health Organization
World Health Organization: Homepage
The World Health Organization promotes physical, social, and mental well being all over the world. This site links you to all types of information and is very resourceful on a large variety of subjects.