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Children, 7/e
John W. Santrock, University of Texas, Dallas

Birth

Additional Internet Resources

American Academy of Pediatrics
(http://www.aap.org)

American Medical Association
(http://www.ama-assn.org)

APA site
(http://www.apa.org)

Offers a multitude of options for learning about pregnancy, childbirth options, and other topics covered in this chapter
Ask Dr. Bob
(http://www.tripod.com/health)

Rob Jandl, assisted by a panel of physicians, answers questions; medical links
The Child Development Website
(http://idealist.com/kt)

Information on children's topics
Dr. C. Everett Koop's Website
(http://www.drkoop.com)

Remember that he was Surgeon General during Clinton's first term; he has a wealth of understandable information on just about any topic in medicine and psychology
Healthfinder
(http://healthfinder.gov)

Kaiser Permanente's Website
(http://www.kaiserpermanente.org)

A good place to search for information concerning pregnancy and childbirth
Links to Websites related to psychology

Psychweb
(http://www.psychweb.com)

Psychcrawler
(http://www.psychcrawler.com)

a source for limited research
Mayo Health O@sis
(http://www.mayoclinic.com)

Medscape
(http://www.medscape.com)

Free database of medical articles, plus access to medical dictionaries, drug databases, and breaking medical news
National Institutes of Health
(http://www.nih.gov)

Starting point for getting into any subagency of NIH
National Institute of Mental Health
(http://www.nimh.nih.gov)

Excellent resource for policy statements, NIMH research, grants; you might want to check out postpartum depression at this site
New England Journal of Medicine
(http://www.nejm.org)

Abstracts to articles, full text on letters, and commentaries
Online Psychology Website of links to a variety of different topics
(http://www.onlinepsych.com/index.html)

Scientific American
(http://www.sciam.com)

General scientific resource
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
(http://www.srcd.org/)

The Website for SRCD, an organization whose purposes are to promote multidisciplinary research in the field of human development, to foster the exchange of information among scientists and other professionals of various disciplines, and to encourage applications of research findings.
Ultrasound Pictures
(http://www.ob-ultrasound.net)

May be a bit overwhelming for those not yet initiated into interpreting ultrasound radiographs, but it's an excellent introduction and many of the graphics have markers to help you understand what you are looking at.
Web MD
(http://www.webmd.com)

Offers a wide variety of information for the medical profession and for consumers.