Doctor in the House: Your Best Guide to Effective Medical Self-Care - Hardcover

Harbert, John C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0896032191 ISBN 13: 9780896032194

Publisher: Humana, 1994

Synopsis

Doctor in the House is the first home health handbook to provide quick, clear, and informative answers to the routine-and not so routine-medical problems that you and your family encounter in everyday life.

Dr. Harbert, who contributed health articles to Family Circle magazine for several years, presents medical ideas and facts in a plainspoken, accessible style that will empower you to take charge of your health. He teaches you how to diagnose your medical problems and describes the symptoms, treatment, prognosis, and prevention of over 425 diseases and conditions. Whenever possible he recommends simple methods and medicines, and tells you frankly when to seek professional medical help.

Doctor in the House also covers first aid and emergency techniques, provides over fifty "focus boxes" that highlight practical information critical to managing your medical problems, and supplies contact information (many with telephone numbers) for numerous support and health advocacy groups. Also included are sample copies of a legally enforceable living will, a medical directive, and a durable power of attorney.

With Dr. John C. Harbert's Doctor in the House, you will find the real medical understanding and help that are the first steps to good health, long life, and fewer medical bills!

About this title

About the Author

John C. Harbert has served as a Professor of Medicine and Radiology at the Georgetown University of Medicine.

From the Back Cover

Doctor in the House is the first home health handbook to provide quick, clear, and informative answers to the routine - and not so routine - medical problems that you and your family encounter in everyday life. Dr. Harbert, who contributed health articles to Family Circle magazine for several years, presents medical ideas and facts in a plainspoken, accessible style that will empower you to take charge of your health. He teaches you how to diagnose your medical problem and describes the symptoms, treatment, prognosis, and prevention of over 425 diseases and conditions. Whenever possible he recommends simple methods and medicines, and tells you frankly when to seek professional medical help. Doctor in the House also covers first aid and emergency techniques, provides over fifty "focus boxes" that highlight practical information critical to managing your medical problems, and supplies contact information (many with telephone numbers) for numerous support and health advocacy groups. Also included are sample copies of a legally enforceable living will, a medical directive, and a durable power of attorney. With Dr. John C. Harbert's Doctor in the House, you will find the real medical understanding and help that are the first steps to good health, long life, and fewer medical bills!

Reviews

MED Although this guidebook purportedly contains "richly detailed descriptions" of medical problems, a closer examination shows that, for instance, the notation on Brown Recluse spider bites fails to give a complete listing of symptoms, has no spider description, and offers briefer treatment advice than other sources. No emergency measures are provided for scorpion stings, nor are special precautions given for children. A glaring error on page one states that "emergency rooms do not have access to your records"; in fact, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals requires that all medical records be readily accessible. There is a commonsense approach toward diet, but overall advice is superficial and cursory. In addition, much of the information provided here is not new; the arrangement is often confusing, and there's no section referring to medical problems facing the elderly. Not recommended.
- Catherine Greene, Bethesda Memorial Hosp. Lib., Boynton Beach, Fla.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Humana
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896032191
• ISBN 13: 9780896032194
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528