Hi,

I'm assisting in the planning for a medical sector services company
web site and I was interested in finding resources online which would
license their content to appear under that site and be used by its
users/customers.

I found www.webmd.com for example, but didn't find their licensing
information.

Similar services are of interest as well as their licensing info.

Thank you.

/Lizardnation

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 17 Jun 2003 17:59 PDT

Hi again lizardnation! It seems that most of the websites do not show
their licensing information but some of them encourage you to ask
about it so they have this service. Would a pointer to their websites
and contact pages be enough as an answer so you could inquire
directly?

Again just let me know if this is ok. :)

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Clarification of Question by lizardnation-ga on 17 Jun 2003 20:55 PDT

Hi Easterangel,

For those sites that do not have their licensing information provided
anywhere that you can find them in, e-mail contact information will
do.

/Lizardnation

Hi! Thanks for another question.

After further research it seems that there are more medical websites
which gives information as regards to content licensing. Such sites
are listed below:

Medicine Net
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=17260

ADAM
http://www.adam.com/b2b/products/products.htm

HealthWise
http://www.healthwise.org/p_web-content.html

Health Center
http://www2.health-center.com/about/licensing/default.htm

Healthology
http://www.healthology.com/about_us.asp?b=healthology

MDLinx
http://www.mdlinx.com/content_licensing.cfm

ECureme
http://www.electroniccontent.com/ecureme.cfm

NewsRX
http://www.newsrx.net/Corporate_Profile.htm

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc
http://www.lww.com/static/licensing/

Medem Medical Content Licensing 
http://www.medem.com/io/io_medicalcenters.cfm#sec_2

I only found one resource (MEDLINE Plus) which provides free content
but actually you only link to the site and you are even prohibited
from using frames to get the information. When a user of yours click
on the link, a new window will open to get to the MEDLINE website.

Medline Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/linking.html

Here are the medical information websites which does not give out
information on how to license their content. I will direct you to
their contact pages so you could directly email them and inquire about
their policies.

WebMD
http://www.webmd.com/corporate/index.html
http://www.webmd.com/corporate/content/contact.us/content.contacts.html
(Contact Page)

Medicine Online
http://www.mol.net/contact.asp

Mayo Clinic
http://www.mayoclinic.com/login/invoke.cfm?objectid=83582088-5E39-4273-8194DA5A7A0DA4F4

Johns Hopkins Health Information
http://www.hopkinshealth.com/about/ContactUs.asp

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Easterangel-ga                
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Thanks Easterangel. 

/Lizardnation