Accessing the BMA Library online
Updated February 2008
The BMA Library is one of the leading medical libraries in the UK. It specialises in current clinical practice, medical ethics and health informatics.
Although the BMA Library is primarily designed for use by BMA members, it has produced information factsheets, which are available to the public in the library area of the BMA website. They cover topics such as:
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Alternative and complementary medicine
Aviation medicine
BMJ obituaries index
Charities
Child health
Clinical genetics
Cycling
Disability information
Donating books to developing countries
Drug information
Environmental health
Ethics
Evidence based medicine
Fertility
Forms of address
Freedom of Information Act
Genetically modified food
Health of the elderly
International Classification of Diseases
Job vacancies
Market research
Medical events
Medical film and footage research
Medical libraries in London
Medical newspapers
Medico-legal information
Men's health
Nutrition
Occupational health
Open access publications and open archives
Patient information
Primary care
Print and web resources on syndromes
Private practice
Public health
Sports medicine
Statistics
The Cochrane Library
Travel medicine
Women's health
Note: The BMA Library has a limited capacity to deal with individual queries from members of the public and cannot provide personal medical advice.