Even animals like e-books!
These websites offer a variety of medical and health science related free online e-books.
From the WHO website: WHO's annual World Health Statistics reports present the most recent health statistics for WHO's 193 Member States.
To download previous reports click here:
Cancer Medicine: Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine, 6th edition from the NCBI Bookshelf.
Cancer Syndromes: 2009, from the NCBI Bookshelf. "Cancer Syndromes is a comprehensive multimedia resource for selected single gene cancer syndromes. Syndromes currently included are Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, juvenile polyposis, Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and familial atypical multiple mole melanoma syndrome."
Citing Medicine, 2nd edition: The NLM Style Guide for authors, editors, and publishers from the NCBI Bookshelf. "Provides assistance to authors in compiling lists of references for their publications, to editors in revising such lists, to publishers in setting reference standards for their authors and editors, and to librarians and others in formatting bibliographic citations."
Clinical Methods, 3rd edition: From the NCBI Bookshelf. Provides " clinicians and students with the best current knowledge of the techniques of collecting and using clinical data."
Comparative Oncology: From the NCBI Bookshelf. "Familial Cancer Syndromes is a comprehensive multimedia resource for selected single gene cancer syndromes. Syndromes currently included are Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, juvenile polyposis, Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and familial atypical multiple mole melanoma syndrome."
Dynamics of Cancer: Incidence, Inheritance, and Evolution, by Stevan A. Frank. From the NCBI Bookshelf.
Encyclopedia of Bioethics: Stephen G. Post, ed. 3rded. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. 3062 pp. 5 vols. (Access through Rice Proxy).
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, 2nd Edition: Jacqueline L. Longe, ed. 2nded. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 1419 pp. 2 vols.(Access through Rice Proxy).
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine Online:20th edition.Online version with the complete contents.
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy:Free online version of the Merck Manual.
Merck Manual of Geriatrics: Free online version of the Merck Manual.
NCBI Style Guide: Full text of the NCBI Style Guide from the NCBI Bookshelf.
New England Journal of Medicine Review Articles: Many of the articles are available free fulltext.
World Health Statistics 2012 Report: From the WHO website: WHO's annual World Health Statistics reports present the most recent health statistics for WHO's 193 Member States.
To download previous reports click here: Previous Reports
Connexions e-books available on iTunes U: Article. Popular textbooks from Rice University's Connexions available free on iTunes U.
Visit the Connexions site HERE.