Searching for health : the smart way to find information online and put it to use / Kapil Parakh, MD, PhD ; with Anna Dirksen.

By:

Parakh, Kapil, 1978-

Contributor(s):

Dirksen, Anna, 1976-

Series: Johns Hopkins Press health bookPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2021]Description: 178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1421440288
9781421440286

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

RC82 .P373 2021

Contents:

Chapter 1. The First Signs of Illness -- Chapter 2: Moving from Symptoms to a Diagnosis -- Chapter 3: Meeting with Your Doctor about Your Diagnosis -- Chapter 4: Receiving a Diagnosis -- Chapter 5: Deciding on Treatment -- Chapter 6: Medications -- Chapter 7: Surgery -- Chapter 8: Lifestyle Treatment Options -- Chapter 9: Complementary and Alternative Treatments -- Chapter 10: Making Tough Decisions.

Summary: "The authors identify techniques that consumers can use to locate evidence-based medical information online, including information found in blogs, social media postings, forums, and news stories. They also have advice for how to make the most of health tracking apps. The book provides readers with checklists and worksheets they can use to improve their ability to find and process trustworthy health information online"-- Provided by publisher

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	RC82 .P373 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001461739

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Includes bibliographical references and index

"The authors identify techniques that consumers can use to locate evidence-based medical information online, including information found in blogs, social media postings, forums, and news stories. They also have advice for how to make the most of health tracking apps. The book provides readers with checklists and worksheets they can use to improve their ability to find and process trustworthy health information online"-- Provided by publisher