General Directories

• Family Doctor, The American Academy of  Family Practice offers well-written, easy-to-understand health and medical information. Users may search by a keyword or browse by age group or organ system. You will find self-care flow charts, health facts on specific topics with referral information, and health information handouts.
• HealthGrades.com, provides directories and ratings for over 5000 hospitals and 600,000 physicians.
• Health Pages, allows searching for information on over 500,000 physicians, 120,000 dentists, 6000 hospitals, and hundreds of managed care plans.
• Medseek, contains directories with over 280,000 physicians and over 450 hospitals. Also links to medical services, health forums, publishing services, and a bookstore.
• World Health Network, contains directories including homepages of doctors, dentists, and alternative healthcare practicioners. Also contains directories of clinics, hospitals, and insurance companies.

• Ask Dr. Weil - Local Practicioners, database of 10,000 holistic health specialists gives names, addresses and phone numbers.

• American Hospital Directory, provides comparative hospital data taken from the Health Care Financing Administration.