SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information In Asian Languages
SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages is a web resource that connects people to authoritative health information in Asian languages that is freely available on the World Wide Web. SPIRAL is currently maintained by the Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library and funded by grant from the New England Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine under contract NLM-00-101/SMS.
The goals of the SPIRAL project are to:
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- Identify authoritative, Web-based consumer health materials in East Asian languages
- Facilitate access to these materials via the SPIRAL Web site.
- Promote the use of consumer health materials on the SPIRAL Web site among health care providers and patients
Read more about SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information In Asian Languages: History, Distinctions
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