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Harvard Medical School Family
Health Guide
Author: Harvard Medical School, Anthony L. Komaroff (Editor)
Binding: Softcover 1272 pages
Publisher: Free Press (January 3, 2005)
ISBN: 0684863731
Price: RM99.90
Synopsis
The first health guide for the era of
managed care is also the only one that will never go out of date. Whether you
depend on traditional fee-for-service health care or some form of managed care,
you must make health decisions in partnership with doctors...doctors with whom
you may only spend a few minutes. How can you sort out the confusing, often
contradictory health information that is bombarding you daily and communicate
clearly and effectively with your doctor? How can you gain access to the best
care and evaluate the care you are getting?
The Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide answers these essential questions
and many more. The first health guide written specifically to empower readers in
the era of managed care, it is the culmination of 200 years of clinical care,
health education, and medical research -- bringing you the expertise of more
than 7,000 health professionals from some of the nation's most esteemed
hospitals and research centers. In this book, they have gathered the most
authoritative, comprehensive, easy-to-understand, up-to-the-minute information
about the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease in every stage of life
to help you:
Make the most of the time you spend with your doctor.
Decide when and if you need to see a doctor.
Avoid dangerous drug interactions.
Explore alternative treatments safely.
Choose wisely among treatment options.
Access emergency and other important information easily.
Learn the most effective ways to prevent disease.
Consult with the most renowned doctors in America, including Herbert Benson, T.
Berry Brazelton, Robert Coles, and Richard Ferber.
Receive the most current information from our Web site, which gives you free
online updates.
Harvard Medical School consists of world-renowned affiliated hospitals, clinics,
and research foundations, which include:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center • Brigham and Women's Hospital* • Cambridge
Hospital • Center for Blood Research • Children's Hospital* • Dana Farber Cancer
Institute • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care • Joslin Diabetes Center* • Judge Baker
Children's Center • Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary • Massachusetts General
Hospital* • Massachusetts Mental Health Center • McLean Hospital • Mount Auburn
Hospital • Schepens Eye Research Institute • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital •
VA Boston Healthcare System
(*CONSISTENTLY RANKED AMONG THE 10 BEST HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED
STATES)
Throughout its history, Harvard's doctors have made important medical
breakthroughs, including: the discovery of anesthesia • the birth of brain
surgery • the first human organ transplantation (Nobel Prize) • the discovery of
the polio virus (Nobel Prize) • the discovery of vitamin B12 as the cure for
pernicious anemia (Nobel Prize) • the discovery of how the human eye sees (Nobel
Prize) • the discovery of the aspirin-a-day prevention strategy for heart
disease.
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