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Overview

The Long-Awaited Revision of the Bestselling Family Health Guide

"This completely updated fourth edition of our bestselling health reference is comprehensive, easy to understand, and even more user-friendly than the previous editions. We're excited to provide our patients with an invaluable resource to help them become more involved in their own health care. We think this is a book that belongs on the bookshelf in every home."
–AMA President John C. Nelson, MD, MPH

The American Medical Association is the nation's premier health authority–an organization that both patients and doctors look to for state-of-the-art medical information and guidance. Now, for the first time in 10 years, the AMA has updated its landmark medical reference–a book that belongs in every home.

This new edition of the American Medical Association Family Medical Guide has been thoroughly revised to bring it up to date and make it more accessible than ever before. Opening with a brand-new full-color section that walks you through key health issues, it follows with several new and expanded sections on everything from staying healthy and providing first aid and home care to diagnosing symptoms and treating hundreds of different diseases and disorders. This classic guide is the definitive home health reference for the twenty-first century–an indispensable book to keep you and your loved ones healthy.

  • Authoritative guidance on hundreds of diseases and the latest tests, treatments, procedures, and drugs
  • New or greatly expanded coverage of genetic testing, sexuality, learning disabilities, preventive health, infertility, pregnancy and childbirth, substance abuse, home caregiving, and first aid
  • A host of new and updated features–including full-color spreads on important health topics, Q&A sections, first-person case histories, and newly designed symptoms flowcharts
  • New chapters on diet and health, exercise and fitness, maintaining a healthy weight, reducing stress, genetics, complementary and alternative medicine, staying safe and preventing violence, cosmetic surgery, and preventive health care
  • A new section on health issues at various life stages
  • 64 pages in full color and almost 1,000 illustrations and photographs

A revised edition of America's landmark home medical reference work. More than 1,350 photographs, drawings and diagrams.

Editorial Reviews

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Medical "bibles" go out of date quickly. Diseases don't change, but our understanding of them does. So a new volume of a standard guide for the nonphysician is certainly welcome. What's perhaps most gratifying about this updated reference is that, based on new understanding of how much regular people can do to keep body and mind whole, it advises readers to take an active approach. For those already suffering a particular medical condition-and the book covers a great deal of territory, from blood to heart to brain diseases-this volume will serve as a source of real understanding. Armed with the basics, patients may be less embarrassed to ask more of their physicians or surgeons. The authors acknowledge the benefits of yoga and meditation (which they call the relaxation response) and offer a rundown of homeopathic medicine. Other new additions include expanded coverage of genetic testing, learning disabilities, ADD and stem cell transplants. The authors discuss sexually transmitted diseases, sexual orientation, contraception and abortion with forthrightness. Self-help charts that will supposedly lead readers from symptom to diagnosis are a kind of maze game and will keep hypochondriacs busy for hours. This is a well-organized volume, considering the amount of information it covers. By educating patients, the book may be as much a help to physicians as it is to their charges. Photos, illus. (Sept.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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Much has changed since the third edition of this family guide was published ten years ago; this new volume is 50 percent longer, and 90 percent of its material is new. Overseen by an editorial board of physicians, dentists, fitness specialists, and therapists, the guide is divided into six sections, beginning with an all-new, full-color chapter on current health issues such as stress, weight control, genetics, and terrorism. Part 2, which deals with preventative medicine, includes a 32-page section of color plates illustrating anatomy, common medical conditions, and diagnostic imaging. Part 3 covers emergency situations and home care giving issues. Part 4 features a series of symptom flowcharts that help readers decide when to call a physician, go to the emergency room, or care for a problem at home. In Part 5, there are new chapters on children's health, adolescent health, sexuality, infertility, pregnancy and childbirth, and death and dying. Part 6, the bulk of the book, is devoted to diseases and conditions. Arranged by organ systems, the guide provides the names of the disease, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options, and prevention. New to this edition is information about dental health and cosmetic surgery. Besides a general glossary, there is a glossary of the most frequently prescribed classes of drugs. Unfortunately, the list of drugs by generic name lacks cross references to brand names, which may be confusing for users unfamiliar with the generic name of the drug that they have been prescribed. Bottom Line While a very nice update, this fourth edition covers much of the same material as last year's The American Medical Association Complete Medical Encyclopedia, albeit in a more concise form. Libraries already owning that work do not need to purchase this one unless they want a circulating copy.-Barbara M. Bibel, Oakland P.L. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780471269113
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 8/28/2004
  • Edition description: 4th Edition, Revised and Updated
  • Edition number: 4
  • Pages: 1200
  • Sales rank: 62,014
  • Product dimensions: 7.79 (w) x 9.45 (h) x 2.74 (d)

Meet the Author

For more than 150 years, the AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION has been the leading group of medical experts in the United States and one of the most respected health-related organizations in the world. Its publications include the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) as well as popular patient guidebooks such as the American Medical Association Complete Guide to Men's Health, American Medical Association Guide to Home Caregiving, and American Medical Association Guide to Talking to Your Doctor, all from Wiley.

Table of Contents

Pt. 1 What you should know : information to keep you healthy 1
Pt. 2 Your healthy body 33
1 Diet and health 35
2 Exercise, fitness, and health 45
3 A healthy weight 51
4 Reducing stress 55
5 Staying safe 61
6 Preventing violence 79
7 Complementary and alternative medicine 85
8 Preventive health care 129
Pt. 3 First aid and home caregiving 151
1 First aid 153
2 Home caregiving 181
Pt. 4 What are your symptoms? 201
Pt. 5 Health issues throughout life 371
1 Children's health 373
2 Adolescent health 447
3 Sexuality 465
4 Infertility 493
5 Pregnancy and childbirth 503
6 Dying and death 543
Pt. 6 Diseases, disorders, and other problems 553
1 Disorders of the heart and circulation 555
2 Blood disorders 609
3 Disorders of the respiratory system 631
4 Disorders of the brain and nervous system 665
5 Behavioral, emotional, and mental disorders 709
6 Disorders of the digestive system 741
7 Disorders of the urinary tract 801
8 Disorders of the male reproductive system 823
9 Disorders of the female reproductive system 843
10 Hormonal disorders 883
11 Disorders of the immune system 907
12 Infections and infestations 933
13 Genetic disorders 951
14 Disorders of the bones, muscles, and joints 975
15 Disorders of the ear 1011
16 Eye disorders 1027
17 Disorders of the skin, hair, and nails 1057
18 Cosmetic surgery 1079
19 Teeth and gums 1099

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  • Anonymous

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    Good advanced and overall reference for experienced parents

    This book is a great addition to your library and excellent to use in cross checking internet sources or doctor's advice. It is presented very clearly but often jumps to a serious condition a little too quickly so can be alarmist if the user is not careful. I recommend the AMA Guide to your Child's Symptoms by Donald Schiff MD primary contributor as a more useful book - the latter is wonderful and I buy it for all new parents I know but it is an older version and can only find it used now - that other Guide is also much smaller but still the best one I've ever seen.

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