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Take care of yourself : [electronic resource] a consumer's guide to medical care / Donald Vickery, James Fries.

By: Vickery, Donald M.
Contributor(s): Fries, James F.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1981Edition: Rev. ed.Description: xix, 370 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0201081970; 9780201081978; 0201081989 (pbk.); 9780201081985 (pbk.).Subject(s): Medicine, Popular | Self-care, Health | Medicine -- Popular Works | Self CareDDC classification: 616.02/4 Online resources: Free eBook from the Internet Archive | Additional information and access via Open Library
Contents:
1: Skills for the medical consumer -- Your habits and your health -- An ounce of prevention -- Finding the right physician -- Aging and vitality -- Special problems of the senior citizen -- The office visit -- Choosing the right medical facility -- Reducing your medication costs -- The home pharmacy -- Avoiding medical fraud -- 2: The patient and the common complaint -- Emergencies -- Oral poisoning -- Common injuries -- Fever -- The ears, nose, and throat -- Allergies -- Common skin problems -- Childhood diseases -- Bones, muscles, and joints -- Problems of stress and strain -- Chest pain, shortness of breath, and palpitations -- Eye problems -- The digestive tract -- The urinary tract -- For women only -- Herpes infections of the genitalia -- Contraception -- Sexual problems -- High blood pressure -- 3: Family records.
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Includes index.

1: Skills for the medical consumer -- Your habits and your health -- An ounce of prevention -- Finding the right physician -- Aging and vitality -- Special problems of the senior citizen -- The office visit -- Choosing the right medical facility -- Reducing your medication costs -- The home pharmacy -- Avoiding medical fraud -- 2: The patient and the common complaint -- Emergencies -- Oral poisoning -- Common injuries -- Fever -- The ears, nose, and throat -- Allergies -- Common skin problems -- Childhood diseases -- Bones, muscles, and joints -- Problems of stress and strain -- Chest pain, shortness of breath, and palpitations -- Eye problems -- The digestive tract -- The urinary tract -- For women only -- Herpes infections of the genitalia -- Contraception -- Sexual problems -- High blood pressure -- 3: Family records.

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