The book I recommended in class is called The Craft of Research 2nd edition. By Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. University of Chicago Press. 2003.
Resources
Robert Tools - artificial heart recipient
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
Kaiser Family Foundation Daily Health Reports
Center for Health, Environment and Justice
Vital Statistics of the United States
National Center for Health Statistics
Universal Health Care Action Network
Physicians for a National Health Program
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine