Useful Links

Glossary produced by The British Medical Association's Patient Liaison Group to help patients and carers understand the roles of healthcare professionals – doctors, nurses and allied healthcare professionals – who work in the NHS.
http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/Hubwhoswhoinhealthcare

DUETs (Database of Uncertainties about the Effects of Treatments)
Research on the effects of treatments often fails to address questions that matter to patients, and to the clinicians to whom they turn for help. DUETs has been established to identify and publish those patients' and clincians' questions about the effects of treatments which cannot be answered by referring to up-to-date systematic reviews of existing research evidence.
www.duets.nhs.uk

People in Research
People in Research aims to help members of the public make contact with organisations that want to actively involve people in clinical research. It has been developed by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration, INVOLVE and others.
www.peopleinresearch.org

INVOLVE
INVOLVE promotes and supports active public involvement in NHS, public health and social care research.
www.invo.org.uk

Royal Society of Medicine
The RSM aims to provide a broad range of educational activities and opportunities for doctors, dentists, and veterinary surgeons,including students of these disciplines; and allied health-care professionals.
www.rsm.ac.uk

James Lind Library
The James Lind Library has been created to help people understand fair tests of treatments in health care by illustrating how fair tests have developed over the centuries.
www.jameslindlibrary.org

National Library for Health
The NLH aims to be the best health library and information service in the world.
www.library.nhs.uk

Current Controlled Trials
Current Controlled Trials allows users to search, register and share information about randomised controlled trials.
www.controlled-trials.com