I’m a Belgian from a poor background, who was just diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening condition (which I’d rather not go into here, but rare means hard to find info on). After spamming my doctor with questions, she showed me how she as a practitioner was using [uptodate.com](https://uptodate.com) (Wolters Kluwer) as a medical platform/database with extensive international research results it.
Unfortunately it seems to be a US based vendor with a subscription plan paywall. The hospital must have a subscription to it, so the staff can all freely use it. I was about to give up, but then I found a couple of old Reddit threads discussing how Norwegians get free access (apparently your government pays them). There’s also a helsebiblioteket page with instructions on how to sign up:
[https://www.helsebiblioteket.no/innhold/artikler/brukerstotte/tilgang-til-uptodate](https://www.helsebiblioteket.no/innhold/artikler/brukerstotte/tilgang-til-uptodate)
(Since 2020 they made it harder to do: you now have to create an account first while connected to a pre-approved institution’s network, like a local hospital’s wifi, maybe uni’s and such).
Wanted to share what I found for any Norwegians who might be sick, or have family/friends with severe medical conditions. Knowing this could probably help a lot of you!
Also, not sure if it’s within the subreddit rules to -personally- ask for help, so let’s just say I appreciate the private messages of support! Lots of love from the EU!
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Wow thank you so much! And good luck with your condition
According to the link in your post, that’s not the case (anymore?). It says it’s only for people who work in healthcare, and students.