Helpful Links and Resources

Below are links to some other useful websites.

Medical professional organisations
Australian Medical Association (AMA)
an independent organisation representing more than 27,000 doctors. The AMA works to advance the professional interests of doctors and the health of the community.

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
professional organisation for surgeons in Australia and New Zealand.

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
dedicated to maintaining the highest possible standards in obstetrics and gynaecology in Australia and New Zealand.

Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association (AIDA)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation striving for excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, wellbeing and life outcomes through leadership, partnership & scholarship and in the spirit of cultural integrity.

Click on the following helpful links to medical and patient support wesbites:
Patient information websites 

Kidney Health Australia
formerly the Australian Kidney Foundation, a non-profit organisation with a mission to be the lead organisation promoting kidney and urinary tract health through research, consumer participation, education and health service excellence.

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA)
works to reduce the impact of prostate cancer on Australian families by helping men deal with the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, funding research into prostate cancer and raising awareness about prostate cancer in the general community.

Continence Foundation of Australia (CFA)
established in 1989 to bring together the disparate healthcare professions treating and managing incontinence in various ways across Australia.

Better Health Channel The Society is a content partner for this Victorian Government website which provides quality assured, reliable, up-to-date information on a variety of health related topics.

Scientific and research organisations
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Australia's leading expert body promoting the development and maintenance of public and individual health standards.

Booksellers and publishers
Standish Prideaux & Pye Medical Bookshop
Specialising in medical, nursing and allied health publications.