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IBS Awareness Month - April 2024

 Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common disorders of the digestive system.  It is often stigmatized and misunderstood but the symptoms have a significant impact on the quality of life for many people.  IBS Awareness Month falls in April each year with the aim of raising awareness of the condition and encouraging frank and open conversations about toilet habits.

 

RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES  

The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter. This document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal articles and patient information.

 

BOOKS   

JOURNALS   

  • BMJ open gastroenterology; British Society of Gastroenterology, issuing body; (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Society of Gastroenterology) – [Available as an OpenAccess journal from 2014 onwards].
  • Techniques in coloproctology; Mediterranean Society of Coloproctology, issuing body; Israel Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery, issuing body; et al; (Springer) – [Available as a Keele e-journal from 1999 onwards, and NHS ejournal 2022 onwards with 1 year embargo.].
  • Crohn's & colitis 360; Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, issuing body; (Oxford University Press) – [Available as an OpenAccess e-journal from 2019 onwards].
  • Intestinal research; Asian Organization for Crohn's & Colitis, issuing body; Chinese Society of IBD, issuing body; et al; (Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases) – [Available as an OpenAccess e-journal from 2003 onwards].
  • Gastroenterology research and practice (Online); Hindawi Publishing Corporation – [Available as an OpenAccess e-journal from 2008 onwards].

*N.B. NHS staff who are members of the Health Library can request a temporary Keele username which allows access to Keele e-journals from the Keele IT Suite in the Health Library within the CEC at Royal Stoke.

Access more journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/  

JOURNAL ARTICLES  

N.B. All the above articles are Open Access so are available to both Keele & NHS users.

PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE:  

KnowledgeShare CURRENT AWARENESS:   

KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates is a personalised current awareness service which sends, straight to your email inbox, new evidence on topics tailored to your requirements and collated by Health Librarians. For more information, or to register for KnowledgeShare please go to https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/currentawareness/.  

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