The Internet for Surgeons

Advances in surgery have reached an exponential scale, and the changes of the last decade of the twentieth century have become common prac­ tice. Imagination and foresight are the more visible standards for profes­ sional appointments than ever before. The fiber optic cable, computer, and Internet a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Allen, Jeff W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2002, 2002
Edition:1st ed. 2002
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 8. Electronic Mail
  • What You Need
  • Attachments
  • SPAM
  • Medical Applications of E-Mail
  • Advanced Surfing
  • 9. Chatting Online
  • Chat Rooms
  • E-mail Lists
  • ICQ
  • Yahoo! Messenger
  • NetMeeting
  • Internet Telephony
  • 10. Continuing Medical Education
  • Online Advantages
  • Start Earning Credit Hours
  • University of Washington CME
  • Conclusion
  • 11. Becoming a Presence on the Web
  • Everybody’s Doing It
  • What to Include
  • Production
  • Servers and Getting the Information to Them
  • Homemade Web Pages
  • Web Pages by Template
  • Conclusion
  • 12. Web Page Resources by Surgical Specialty
  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
  • Colorectal Surgery
  • General Surgery
  • Genitourinary Surgery
  • Hand Surgery
  • Minimal Access Surgery
  • Neurosurgery
  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Otolaryngologic Surgery
  • Pediatric Surgery
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Transplant Surgery
  • Trauma Surgery
  • Vascular Surgery
  • General Surgery Products
  • 1. What Is the Internet?
  • The World Wide Web
  • Web Pages
  • Browsers
  • Electronic Mail
  • File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
  • 2. History of the Internet
  • Shot Heard ‘Round the World
  • Packet Switching
  • ARPA Becomes DARPA
  • Protocols
  • World Wide Web
  • Current Access
  • Looking to the Future
  • 3. What Can the Internet Do for Me?
  • Initial Resistance
  • User-Friendly Context
  • What Can the Internet Do for Me?
  • 4. Connecting to the Internet
  • What You Need: Computer, Modem, Monitor, Telephone, Internet Service Provider
  • Advanced Surfing
  • 5. All That Glitters Is Not Gold
  • Misguided Patient Information Web Pages
  • Computer Glitches
  • Viruses
  • Chat Rooms
  • Pornography
  • 6. Finding the Information You Want
  • Viewing a Web Page
  • Needle in a Haystack
  • Search Engines
  • Search Tips
  • Order
  • Getting Cataloged
  • 7. Clinical Trials, Literature Searches, and Telemedicine
  • Clinical Trials
  • Literature Searches
  • Telemedicine
  • Telementoring
  • 13. Health-Related Internet Resources
  • General Medicine
  • 14. Nonmedical Web Pages
  • Sports
  • News
  • Music
  • Cinema
  • Travel
  • Maps and Directions
  • Stock Market and Investing
  • All-In-One
  • Appendix I. Web Pages for Departments of Surgery in the United States
  • Appendix II. International Domain Suffixes and Common Top-Level Domains