The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age - Softcover

Icon Health Publications

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0597834024 ISBN 13: 9780597834028

Publisher: ICON Health Publications, 2002

Synopsis

This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to primary biliary cirrhosis, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on primary biliary cirrhosis. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 4. Studies on Primary Biliary Cirrhosis; Chapter 5. Patents on Primary Biliary Cirrhosis; Chapter 6. Books on Primary Biliary Cirrhosis; Chapter 7. Multimedia on Primary Biliary Cirrhosis; Chapter 8. Periodicals and News on Primary Biliary Cirrhosis; Chapter 9. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 10. Dissertations on Primary Biliary Cirrhosis; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Researching Nutrition; Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix E. Your Rights and Insurance; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Cholangiolitic biliary cirrhosis, Hanot syndrome, Hypertrophic cirrhosis of Hanot.

About this edition

• Publisher: ICON Health Publications
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0597834024
• ISBN 13: 9780597834028
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224