For General Practitoners > Links

The internet is a good source of information for GPs about musculoskeletal diseases. The major Rheumatology journals are available online, and there are good sites that serve as portals to the latest advances in the field. General medical and patient information resources give a good background to musculoskeletal diseases.

Best sites for clinicians:

American College of Rheumatology
An essential site for rheumatologists as a source of meeting information and registration details as well as limited access to the ACR journal Arthritis and Rheumatism (full access for members). Other clinicians may find it helpful as a source of updates and patient information.

Other Links

> Journals
> General Medical Resource Sites
> Research
> Australasian Arthritis Foundations
> Australasian Academic Institutions
> International Academic Institutions
> Patient Information Resources

JOURNALS
Annals of Rheumatic Disease
Arthritis-Research & Therapy
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Arthritis Care and Research
British Medical Journal
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
eMJA The Medical Journal of Australia
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Journal of Clinical Rheumatology
Lupus
Medicine Online
Nature Medicine
New England Journal of Medicine
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Rheumatology
The Journal of Rheumatology
The Lancet

GENERAL MEDICAL RESOURCE SITES
Australasian Cochrane Centre
Clinicians Health Channel
HCN - Health Communication Network
Medical Matrix
Medscape
National Institute of Health (US)
New Zealand Doctor
RheumatologyLinx
PubMed

RESEARCH
Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research (QLD)
Sutton Research Laboratories

AUSTRALASIAN ARTHRITIS FOUNDATIONS
Arthritis Australia
Arthritis South Australia
Arthritis Foundation of NSW
Arthritis Foundation of Western Australia
Arthritis Victoria
Arthritis Tasmania
The Queensland Arthritis Foundation
Osteoporosis Australia
Arthritis Foundation of New Zealand

AUSTRALASIAN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
Australian Medical Association
Fisher Library - University of Sydney
RACP Homepage
The University of Sydney
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
American Academy of Family Physicians
American College of Physicians
American College of Rheumatology
American Medical Association (AMA)
Arthritis Research Campaign
Arthritis Foundation
Bone and Joint Decade
British Society for Rheumatology
EULAR: European League Against Rhuematism
ILAR; International League of Associations for Rheumatology
National Osteoporosis Society
NZ Rheumatology
Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at Uni Florida

PATIENT INFORMATION RESOURCES
About (Arthritis)
Arthritis Care
Arthritis Foundation USA
Better Health Channel
HealthInsite
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Hypermobility
National Osteoporosis Foundation
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH)
MedicineNet FocusOnArthritis.com
My Doctor
The Arthritis Society - Canada