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Related Professional Organizations
- Sleep Research Society
http://www.sleepresearchsociety.org/site/
The Sleep Research Society fosters scientific investigation, professional education and career development in sleep research and academic medicine. - Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (ADSM)
http://www.dentalsleepmed.org
The Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (ADSM) is a professional membership organization promoting research on the use of oral appliances and dental surgery for the treatment of sleep disordered breathing and provides training and resources for those who work directly with patients. - American Academy of Sleep Medicine: Home Page:
http://www.aasmnet.org/home.htm
Links to other sleep organizations: http://www.aasmnet.org/links.asp - American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM). Established to encourage the study, improve the practice, elevate the standards of Sleep Medicine, and issue certificates of special knowledge in Sleep Medicine to Physicians and PhDs in related fields. http://www.absm.org/
- American Insomnia Association (AIA). A patient-based organization that is dedicated to assisting and providing resources to individuals who suffer from insomnia. The AIA advocates and promotes awareness, education, and research of insomnia disorders and encourages the formation of local support groups. http://www.americaninsomniaassociation.org/home.asp
- American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA). http://www.sleepapnea.org/
- Narcolepsy Network: http://www.narcolepsynetwork.org/
- National Sleep Foundation:
Home Page:
http://www.sleepfoundation.org/ Sleep Links: http://www.sleepfoundation.org/beyond.cfm
Sleep in America Poll. (2002). http://www.sleepfoundation.org/2002poll.html - Restless Leg Syndrome Foundation: http://www.rls.org/
- AGS Geriatrics At Your Fingertips Online Edition - http://www.geriatricsatyourfingertips.org/
- Nurse Competence in Aging (NCA):
http://www.hartfordign.org/nca/index.html - Oregon Health Sciences University School of Nursing: The John A. Hartford Foundation
Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence: http://www.ohsu.edu/hartfordcgne/ - The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing: Geriatric Web Sites: http://www.hartfordign.org/pdf/geriatric_websites.pdf
- Practicing Physician Education in Geriatrics http://www.gericareonline.net/
- The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) Nursing Best Practice Guidelines (NBPG) Project. Retrieved June 6, 2004, from http://www.rnao.org/bestpractices/about/bestPractice_overview.asp
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing: The John A. Hartford Center of Nursing Excellence: http://hartfordcenter.uams.edu/
- University of Iowa College of Nursing: The John A. Hartford Center of Nursing Excellence: http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/hartford/index.htm
- University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing: Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence: http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/centers/hcgne/about.htm
- Weaver T. E., Laizner, A., Evans, L. K., Maislin, G. Chugh D. K., Lyon K., Smith, P. L., Schwartz, A. R., Redline,S., Pack, AI, & Dinges, D. F. Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire. A condition-specific functional status measure designed to evaluate the impact of disorders of excessive sleepiness (DOES) on activities of daily living. Retrieved August 13, 2004 from the American Thoracic Society's Web site: http://www.atsqol.org/fosq.asp
Last updated - January 2005
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