Many public libraries, hospitals, schools, social-service agencies, and universities
subscribe to NORD's Rare Disease Database for patients and families. A subscription
provides unlimited access to 1,150 disease reports and helps people find support
groups and other patient organizations. It's an invaluable tool for family counseling
and referrals.
In the past, subscribers accessed the database via password and username. Recently,
in response to requests from subscribers, NORD instituted a new IP access option.
Now, subscribers may choose either of these approaches.
The disease reports are written in understandable language. They cover symptoms,
causes, and standard and investigational therapies. Each report includes a list
of support groups and other patient organizations for that disease, with Web
links and complete contact information.
The cost of a subscription using a password and username is $450 per year.
There is an additional $50 annual fee for subscribers who choose IP access (with
an extra $25 for each additional IP address or range of addresses beyond the
first).
The reports in the database are copyrighted, and subscribers must agree not
to alter the information in any way or to sell it to others. Subscribers may
print individual reports for distribution to their members or clients as long
as those reports clearly bear the NORD copyright notice, name, address, and
Web site.
For information about Web subscriptions, write to the Webmaster at webmaster@rarediseases.org
or Mary Dunkle at mdunkle@rarediseases.org,
or call (203) 744-0100. Subscriptions using the password/username option may
be ordered online. For IP access subscriptions, contact the Webmaster or Mary to let them
know what IP address or range of addresses you would like to use.
One year subscription $450
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