Instructions for Patients:- Spanish Version

Griffith, H. Winter; Moore, Stephen W.; Griffith, Jo A.,; Borges-Nebeker, Mirtha - Translator

ISBN 10: 0721669972 / ISBN 13: 9780721669977

Published by W.B, Saunders Company - A Diviion of Harcourt Brace & Company, Philadelphia, 1994

About this Item

559 Pages Indexed. Covers show moderate wear to edges,corners, and spine. Previous owner's name on title page. No other marks or stamps to this tight square book with flawless interior text pages. The Front Cover, Title Page, Copyright Page, and The Contents Page are in English. The remaining pages are in Spanish. This Spanish version of Dr. Griffith's popular sourcebook contains specific, straightforward home-care instructions for commonly encountered conditions - one per page, alphabetical, from Page 1 to Page 504. Descriptions, symptoms, cause, possible complications, and treatments are listed for each condition. Printed on 8 1/2" x 11" pages, pre-punched for three-hole notebooks, these instruction sheets are easy to photocopy, personalize, and distribute to Spanish-speaking patients--to educate them about their conditions, improve compliance, and speed recovery. Contents of Appendix Pages 505-548: Abdominal Exercises, Breast Self-examination, Care of Casts, Condom Usage to Prevent STD's, Exercise and Physical Fitness Benefits, Fever How to Reduce, Hip joint Muscle Exercises, Immunizations Childhood, Kegel Exercises, Living Longer and Healthier, Low Back Care, Prenatal Exercising, Psychosomatic Illness, Quadriceps Muscle Exercises, Routine First Aid , Safe Use of Medicine, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Shoulder Muscle Exercises, Skin Self-examination, Soaks, Stress How to Cope, Testicular Self-examination, Travel and Health, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, Sinus Cavities, Trachea and Larynx, Larynx and Thyroid Gland, Bronchial Tree and Lungs, Heart Showing Coronary Arteries, Heart Schematic Cross-section, Gastrointestinal Tract, Stomach Liver Gallbladder and Duodenum, Urinary Tract, Endocrine System Male and Female, Female Genital Organs, and Male Genital Organs. Large, heavy book that may incur additional charges for some locations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Instructions for Patients:- Spanish Version
• Publisher: W.B, Saunders Company - A Diviion of Harcourt Brace & Company, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0721669972
• ISBN 13: 9780721669977
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Printing
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Since it first published in 1982, Instructions for Patients has won critical acclaim and enjoyed broad popularity in one edition after another by providing ready-to-use self-care instructions for the 500 medical problems encountered most often in practice. Now, a special Spanish version makes all of this resource's advantages available to Spanish-speaking patients. Review of the English Version: "An effective patient education adjunct for the practising physician...The indicated material can be quickly copied right in the office, much to patients' satisfaction." - Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Review

Review of the English Version: "An effective patient education adjunct for the practising physician...The indicated material can be quickly copied right in the office, much to patients' satisfaction." -- Journal of the American Board of Family Practice