Following is a list of the leading websites for locating a doctor (in alphabetical order):

• American Board of Medical Specialties "Certified Doc": www.abms.org  Allows you to search by a specialty. Note the date when the doctor was last certified. If the date was more than 10 years ago, the doctor has not been tested on current developments. S/he may still be current, but not tested.
  
• American Medical Association "Physician Select": www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm . Provides information on every licensed physician (more than 650,000) in the United States and its possessions. The site also contains "Group Select" which provides information on more than 19,000 group practices.
• Choice Trust by ChoicePoint: www.ChoiceTrust.com  Provides a credential history report for doctors, including disciplinary actions from all 50 states for a cost of $7.95 for a single report, or $11.95 for an unlimited number of reports in a 24 hour period. You can also search the doctor's non-professional background on this site.
• Health Grades "Physician Report Cards": www.healthgrades.com  All doctors listed have been in practice for at least two years, are board-certified in their specialty, and have had no Medicare or state medical board sanctions within the past three years.
• Health Pages: www.thehealthpages.com Lists over 500,000 doctors. You can narrow your search by board certification, gender and years in practice. The site also includes comments from patients. If doctors supply the information, the site also includes e-mail addresses, health professionals on staff, office hours, languages spoken, whether the doctor is accepting new patients, and fees.
• Web MD "Find A Doctor": www.webmd.com Provides information on more than 500,000 doctors. This site also contains provider directories (health insurance affiliation) for more than 300 managed health care plans.

Oncologists: http://www.plwc.org/portal/site/PLWC/menuitem.724de8b96edd64acfd748f68ee37a01d/?vgnextoid=56e6ea97a56d9010VgnVCM100000f2730ad1RCRD Members of American Society of Clinical Oncologists can be located through this site.

To find a doctor who makes house calls: See the website of the American Academy of Home Care Physicians, www.aahcp.org . It lists doctors by zip code and state served.

To schedule a same day appointment: www.zocDoc.com allows patients to locate doctors and schedule same-day appointments on line. This is particularly useful for people who need to see a doctor in a hurry but there's not so much of an emergency to go to an Emergency Room or for people who are traveling. If there there is a need for emergency care, call 911.

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