The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Family Health: Diagnosis and Treatments for More Than 2000 Ailments, Using

Play an active role in maintaining your family's health! Informed patients benefit when the latest medical information is at hand, reassuringly ... Show synopsis Play an active role in maintaining your family's health! Informed patients benefit when the latest medical information is at hand, reassuringly explained in layman's language, complete with more than 300 color photographs, diagrams, and illustrations. Here's prevention, first aid, conventional and complementary treatments, diagnostics, caring for the ill, and much more. It covers more than 200 disorders and diseases; offers gender- and age-specific advice; and focuses on the most pressing contemporary health issues. "Plus: a drug glossary and a glossary of complementary medicines. Hide synopsis