Consumer Issues in Health Care Sourcebook: Basic Information About Health Care Fundamentals and Related Consumer Issues Including Exams and Screening ... Choosing A

by Karen Bellenir (Editor), Wendy Wilcox (Editor)

A guide to consumer choice in the selection of health care options. The 54 chapter are arranged into sections general information on health care information; selection criteria for physicians, hospitals, and their services; information about prescription and over-the-counter medications; medical frauds and unproven treatments; health maintenance and preventive care; caring for the chronologically or terminally ill and end-of-life decisions; and lists of organizations and online sources of health care products and services for consumers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

618 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1998