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Health charities

1. Alzheimer's Association
2. Arthritis Care
3. Charities and Organizations for Arthritis Sufferers
4. Charity Choice: Encyclopaedia of UK Charities on the Internet
5. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
6. Epilepsy Foundation of America
7. GRACE: Give Rheumatoid Arthritis Children Encouragement
8. International Myeloma Foundation
9. King's Fund
10. Mind: The Mental Health Charity
11. National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
12. National Parkinson Foundation
13. United Cerebral Palsy Association

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Alzheimer's Association

Information about Alzheimer's disease, support organisations, and research.
     Author: Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association
     Subjects: alzheimer's disease, dementia, health charities
     DeweyClass: 616.8
     Resource type: documents

Arthritis Care

Arthritis Care is the UK's largest voluntary organisation working with and for people with arthritis.
     Author: Arthritis Care
     Subjects: arthritis, health charities
     DeweyClass: 616.722
     Resource type: service

Charities and Organizations for Arthritis Sufferers

Directory of charities and organisations offering help and information for people with arthritis. Contact details are provided for those located in the UK and Ireland.
     Author: arthritisLINK
     Subjects: arthritis, health charities
     DeweyClass: 616.722
     Resource type: directory

Charity Choice: Encyclopaedia of UK Charities on the Internet

Directory of more than 7000 UK charities listed by category and searchable by name, town, county and Charity Commission registration number. Telephone numbers are supplied for all entries, and some have further details.
     Author: Waterlow
     Subjects: animal rights, charity directories, health charities, humanitarian relief, social welfare
     DeweyClass: 361.7
     Resource type: directory

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

The mission of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is to assure the development of the means to cure and control cystic fibrosis and to improve the quality of life for those with the disease.
     Author: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
     Subjects: cystic fibrosis, health charities
     DeweyClass: 616.37
     Resource type: documents

Epilepsy Foundation of America

Information about epilepsy, in the form of an FAQ list, information on EFA activities, including research grants and a facility to search for local EFA affiliate organisations in the US.
     Author: Epilepsy Foundation of America
     Subjects: epilepsy, health charities
     DeweyClass: 616.8
     Resource type: documents

GRACE: Give Rheumatoid Arthritis Children Encouragement

GRACE was formed by the parents of a child who has had juvenile chronic arthritis since the age of 15 months. As a support group GRACE offers information and a helpline for parents, family members or arthritis sufferers themselves.
     Author: Arthritis UK
     Subjects: arthritis, health charities
     DeweyClass: 616.722
     Resource type: service

International Myeloma Foundation

Non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the quality of life for multiple myeloma patients while working towards prevention and a cure.
     Author: International Myeloma Foundation
     Subjects: cancer treatment, health charities
     DeweyClass: 616.9
     Resource type: documents

King's Fund

Independent health care charity working to improve the health of Londoners by instigating changes in health and social care. Comprises an outline of fund activities in the fields of effective practice, health systems, public health, and community care, a guide to services at the fund library, and a selective listing of national and international events relevant to the work of the fund.
     Author: King's Fund
     Subjects: health charities, public health
     DeweyClass: 362.1
     Resource type: documents

Mind: The Mental Health Charity

Leading mental health charity in England and Wales. Campaigns for the right to lead an active and valued life in the community and is an influential voice on mental health issues. Also advises government, health and local authorities and public on good practice, services and developments in mental health and community care.
     Author: Mind
     Subjects: health charities, mental health news, mental health services, mental illness
     DeweyClass: 362.2
     Resource type: institution

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

A grass roots, self-help, support and advocacy organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe mental illness and their loved ones. Concerned with individuals and families suffering severe, disabling brain disorders such as schizophrenia, clinical depression, bipolar disorder (manic-depression), panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and severe disorders in children.
     Author: National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
     Subjects: anxiety disorders, child psychiatry, depression, health charities, mental health improvement, mental illness, schizophrenia
     DeweyClass: 362.2
     Resource type: institution

National Parkinson Foundation

US society set up to find the cause and cure for Parkinson's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders through research and to educate general medical practioners to detect the early warning signs of Parkinson's disease, to provide diagnostic and therapeutic services and improve the quality of life for patients and their carers.
     Author: National Parkinson Foundation
     Subjects: health charities, parkinson's disease
     DeweyClass: 616.833
     Resource type: institution

United Cerebral Palsy Association

Information on cerebral palsy and therapies related to it.
     Author: United Cerebral Palsy Association
     Subjects: cerebral palsy, health charities
     DeweyClass: 616.8
     Resource type: documents