Resources- Specific Diagnosis Card Catalog- Ostomy

Who to Contact

United Ostomy Association, Inc. (UOA)
19772 MacArthur Blvd.
Suite 200
Irvine, CA 92612-2405
(800) 826-0826
E-mail: info@uoa.org
Web: www.uoa.org

This is a volunteer-based health organization dedicated to assisting people who have had or will have intestinal or urinary diversions. It offers several services: the Ostomy Quarterly Magazine (four issues per year); preoperative and postoperative patient visiting and support; ostomy and alternate procedure publications; advocacy activities; liaison to other health care organizations; national, state and regional conferences; an annual youth rally; and a national and international network.

United Ostomy Association of Canada, Inc.
P.O. Box 825
50 Charles Street East
Toronto ON M4Y 2N7
416-595-5452 (phone)
888-969-9698 (toll-free)
416-595-9924 (fax)
E-mail: uoacan@astral.magic.ca
Web: www.ostomycanada.ca/

This is a volunteer-based health organization dedicated to assisting people who have or will have intestinal or urinary tract diversions by providing psychological support and educational services; support to the family unit; advocacy; and promoting the services of the organization to the public, professional communities and all levels of government.

Where to go to Chat with Others?

Ostomy Support
We welcome all people to this club who have questions or wish to contribute their knowledge or support about having any kind of ostomy. Please feel free to share ideas, products that work, frustrations, anything on your mind. If you have Crohns or Colitis, and think an ostomy may be in your future, this group is for you.

Peoples with Ostomies
A Place to chat about ostomies

International Ostomy Association Web Board

Learn More About It

Twenty of the Most Frequently Asked Questions Following Ostomy Surgery
From the United Ostomy Association, Inc. (UOA)

What is an Ostomy?

MEDLINEplus: Ostomy

Links

Continent Ostomy Centers

International Ostomy Association (IOA)

Ostomy Resources

Pull-thru Network

United Ostomy Association of Canada - Canada

United Ostomy Association, Inc, (UOA)

World Ostomy Resource