Greenwood Consumer Health USA: Essential Information from the Federal Health Network

Product Description Meet consumer demand for information on health care and related topics with the first authoritative reference work of current and credible health care information every library can afford--and none will want to ignore. This work features 151 full-text articles from the National Cancer Institute, the Food and Drug Administration, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control, and other agencies. Review ?Consumer Health USA is an extremely useful source because it offers a great deal of accessible information in one place. The subjects covered are encountered daily in reference work. Small libraries and those without access to depository collections will definitely want to add this book. Patient-education and public library collections will appreciate it too.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin ?For libraries that lack access to government documents or even libraries with document collections, this book offers a good starting point for the layperson to find information on common health problems....recommended for public libraries. libraries?-ARBA ?Rees has done it again....[Consumer Health USA] belongs on your reference shelf next to his other classics....Easily read in terms of layout and clarity, this is highly recommended.?-Library Journal ?This wonderful reference should be in every public and private library especially in those with a focus on health concerns. It provides facts and information that all patients need in dealing with their medical or surgical needs, This impressive volume includes specific information on various ailments, so the patient and the care-provider should be able to understand their problems and to respond adequately to them....A valuable reference work.?-CHOICE "Rees has done it again....ÝConsumer Health USA¨ belongs on your reference shelf next to his other classics....Easily read in terms of layout and clarity, this is highly recommended."-Library Journal "Consumer Health USA is an extremely useful source because it offers a great deal of accessible information in one place. The subjects covered are encountered daily in reference work. Small libraries and those without access to depository collections will definitely want to add this book. Patient-education and public library collections will appreciate it too."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin "For libraries that lack access to government documents or even libraries with document collections, this book offers a good starting point for the layperson to find information on common health problems....recommended for public libraries. libraries"-ARBA "Rees has done it again....[Consumer Health USA] belongs on your reference shelf next to his other classics....Easily read in terms of layout and clarity, this is highly recommended."-Library Journal "This wonderful reference should be in every public and private library especially in those with a focus on health concerns. It provides facts and information that all patients need in dealing with their medical or surgical needs, This impressive volume includes specific information on various ailments, so the patient and the care-provider should be able to understand their problems and to respond adequately to them....A valuable reference work."-CHOICE About the Author ALAN M. REES is professor emeritus of library and information science at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, and has taught at the University of Toronto, State University of New York at Albany, and Kent State University. He is a medical information specialist and author of numerous reference works, including Managing Consumer Health Information, Consumer Health Information Source Book, Personal Health Reporter, and the Encyclopedia of Health Information Sources. Professor Rees is also editor of Consumer Health USA (Volume 1, 1995 and Volume 2, 1997). He currently provides consumer health information ser