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Please click here to access information that the BAD provides to patients.

Patient Support Groups

www.eczemavoice.com was set up with the help of the National Eczema Society. The main feature is for patients and their carers to exchange views and seek support through the discussion board.

House Dust Mite.org - Asthma, Eczema, Rhinitis and House Dust Mite information site

http://www.haileyhaileydisease.com/ includes private email/discussion group.

Behcet's Organisation Worldwide are a registered charity in England and Wales (1081048) and act as a support group for Behcet's sufferers and their carers relatives and friends. They can also be accessed by the medical profession.

Patient Information

• American Academy of Dermatology
• New Zealand DermNet
• The American Academy of Dermatology's Site is mainly directed to patients. It has a short list of addresses of professional dermatology organisations, a huge list of patient advocacy and patient support groups, and patient information leaflets about many diseases
• Dermatology at the University of British Columbia : a patient-oriented site (as well as some discussion of photodynamic therapy)
• the American Porphyria Foundation
• an excellent site with information and contact details for patients with rare diseases (of all types)
• Chantal Gould writes that she has been impressed by VitiligoSupport.com, an online patient support and information facility for vitiligo sufferers
• Shahnaz Samimi recommends the Health on the Net Site which is an attempt to select for users high quality and reliable medical information on the Web

Comprehensive List of Dermatology Links

• British Medical Association
• Cardiff Internet
• JCHMT website
• Royal College of Physicians
  

Online Databases

• Medline Free medical literature database.
• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man : inherited disease database.
• Cochrane Skin Group Website
• Medendium Group Publishing, publishers of Guidelines and Guidelines in Practice, have launched a major new website, eGuidelines. The site allows free access to the constantly growing number of NHS commended and professional body guidelines summarised in Guidelines. There are currently more than 120 included.
• www.medicdirect.co.uk Medical Education and Information on the Internet
• Dermatlas The Dermatlas is an international collaborative project that enables health care professionals, parents and patients to access high quality dermatology images on the World Wide Web.  The Dermatlas also includes and online Dermatology Quiz that allows trainees to test their diagnostic skills.
• Bandolier is an Oxford-based hard copy journal and website all about evidence-based thinking about healthcare and medicine.

Medical Journals

• The British Medical Journal
• The Lancet
• Family Doctor Publications, published in association with the British Medical Association, are a series of over 40 books on health topics of frequent concern.  The books contain helpful, concise and up to date health information written by eminent specialists in the particular therapeutic area.