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Chapter 1: Health: The Foundation for Life

The nation's leading medical societies have joined to create Medem, an electronic health network. Medem's library is a source of comprehensive, peer-reviewed medical literature.
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The objective of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health, as defined in the WHO Constitution, is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
World Health Organization
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides evidence-based information on health care outcomes; quality; and cost, use, and access. Information from AHRQ's research helps people make more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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