USEFUL LINKS IN FRANCE: HOSPITALS 
              
              AP - HM (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de
                Marseille)
              The site is comprised of general information on
                Marseilles' public hospital system (history, mission, key
                figures, prevention campaigns, medical and paramedical training,
                and research facilities), useful information (hospital maps,
                explanations of hospitalization formalities, listing of hospital
                careers, information on patients rights). 
              
              AP - HP (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris)
              The site contains an overview of the Paris
                Hospital System, information on its various wards and
                departments, and practical information for patients. The home
                page offers the following:
              
                - Getting to know the AP-HP better
                  (hospital maps, emergency wards and facilities open around the
                  clock, missions, staffing, equipment and facilities, medical
                  breakthroughs, projects, key figures), 
-  For patients: procedures, where to
                  go and who to see, patients' rights, patients' right to
                  express satisfaction ratings, information on transfusions and
                  blood screening practices, HAD (home care) and AP-HP
                  gerontology, 
-  Hospitals, wards, consultations,
                  physicians: the search engine enables you to find the desired
                  personnel or wards, 
-  Emergency units (wards,
                  around-the-clock wards, admission procedures and
                  restrictions),
- History and heritage: information on
                  the AP-HP's past and on its information services. 
The site provides reference information and a
                well-documented directory to French-language medical websites.