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About the Health Information Center


The UI Hospitals and Clinics Health Information Center is designed to offer consumer-oriented health information to patients and visitors and to provide staff members with access to patient education materials. A multitude of subjects are covered such as cancer, pregnancy and childbirth, child-rearing, alternative medicine, diabetes, and heart disease.

The Health Information Center contains a variety of materials including books, movies, and audiotapes, that can be checked out. Please feel free to ask our staff members for assistance if you need it.

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The Health Information Center includes:

  • Books (for both adults and children)
  • Books on tape
  • Videotapes
  • Magazines/newsletters
  • Health Reference Center (a full-text database containing over 300 consumer health related magazines, journals, and newsletters)
  • Internet access

See also Health Information Links

For more information, please call or visit:

Mindwell Egeland, Director
mindwell-egeland@uiowa.edu
Patients' Library
UI Hospital and Clinics
200 Hawkins Drive, 8016 JCP
Iowa City, IA 52242-1009
319-356-2468


 

Last modification date: Mon Apr 16 13:43:48 2007
URL: http://www.uihealthcare.com /depts/patientslibrary/abouthealthcenter.html