Johns Hopkins Family Health Book: The Essential Home Medical Reference to Help You and Your Family Promote Good Health and Manage Illnessl

By Michael J. Klag and Johns Hopkins University

America's #1 Medical Authority on Call at your Fingertips

When you need the absolute best in health care, John Hopkins is the institute ranked #1 year after year. And when you want answers fast, turn to the Johns Hopkins Family Health Book for the knowledge you need from a name you know. Developed in consultation with an advisory board of more than 100 Johns Hopkins physicians, nurses, and health professionals, this indispensable home and medical resource covers a broad range of family health issues and focuses on maintaining good health and preventing diseases.

Read "How to Use this Book" first to learn how the book is organized and to find out where to look for information you need, whether you are trying to interpret symptoms, wish to know more about a medication, or are looking for general health and nutrition facts.

Part 1. Staying Healthy provides the underpinnings of a healthy lifestyle, including recommendations on nutrition, exercise, everyday safety, smoking, alcohol, and addiction.

Part 2. Health Over the Life Course details what you need to know about genetics and your family health history, and the special health concerns of pregnancy and childbirth, infancy, the preschool to preteen years, the teen years, adulthood, and the senior years.

Part 3. First Aid and Emergency Care gives you the tools to evaluate health emergencies, from everyday cuts and bruises to life-threatening crises.

Part 4. Body Systems and Disorders describes the functions of the body systems from head to toe and the most common problems related to them. You will learn what your symptoms mean, what signs a doctor looks for and the tests used during diagnosis, how a problem develops, and what can be done to treat or prevent it. Each chapter also discusses self-care measures and advises you on when to call a doctor.

Part 5. Becoming a Partner in Your Health Care offers strategies for negotiating today's difficult health care environment, including finding the right doctor and health care plan.

The Appendices include a comprehensive directory of the 80 most prescribed medications; glossary; growth chart; living wills and advance directives; measurement conversions and laboratory tests. Designed for instant access, the index highlights symptoms in red and primary entries in bold. A 48-page full-color insert of anatomy, disorders, and diseases, over 500 black-and-white and two-color illustrations, and endpapers featuring emergency first aid procedures--prepared by Johns Hopkins' renowned Art as Applied to Medicine department--complete this invaluable family reference.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062701495
• ISBN13: 9780062701497
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 1680 Pages
• Weight: 8.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book to consult on health issues!

I ran into this book by chance. I got it by mail from those book clubs that sent out stuff, and you can either pay it or return it. When I got it, I thought it was weird to receive such a big medicine book on such promotional campaigns and I was almost positive to return it, but I didn't because the book was so big I decided to keep it. This Book is one of my favorites!! It has all the information of all illnesses, so you can read and consult any health related issue. It is very clear and encourages you to read more about how your body works and keep a healthy lifestyle.

The Most Authoritative Health Book- An indispensable Reference to Keep your Loved Ones Healthy

The "Jhons Hopkins Family Health Book" is the ultimate home reference tool to help you become an active partner in your family's health. Written and designed to be clear and readable, stands out for its accessibility, usefulness, and detailed coverage of health issues. This home medical guide covers almost everything you can need at home; from staying healthy and providing first aid and home care, to diagnosing symptoms and treating different diseases and disorders. Truly a most have for every family. The book is organized in 7 parts: PART 1: Staying healthy. - Eating well. - Staying active, staying fit. - Everyday safety. - Smoking and how to stop. - Alcohol and substance abuse. PART 2: Health over the life course. - Family history. - Genetics, and your health. - Pregnancy and childbirth. - Infancy. - The Preschool to preteen years. - The teen years. - Adulthood. - The senior years. PART 3: First aid and emergency care. PART 4: Body systems and disorders. - Brain and nervous systems. - Eyes. - Ear, nose and throat. - Musculoskeletal system. - The Breast. - Cardiovascular system. - Infectious diseases. - Blood and inmune systems. - Digestive systems. - Urinary tract. - Reproductive system. - Endocrine system. - Mental health. - Skin, hair, and nails. - Allergies. - Cancer. PART 5: Becoming a partner in your health care. - Taking charge of your health care. Preparing for surgery. - How to use medications. - Home care and long term care. - Death and dying. PART 6: Appendices. - Medication directory. - Glossary. - Growth charts. - Living wills and advanced directives. - Measurement convertions. Laboratory tests. PART 7: Color Atlas of Anatomy, Disorders, and Diseases. A must have reference about self-prevention that shows how to diagnose your own health. This way, as an informed patient, and if the potential need for a physician's intervention arises, you can help him get the best and definitive diagnose.

The best of its genre

I have used this book for about five years to do introductory and background research. I own or have examined the leading competitors (Harvard, Cornell, Mayo guides). The Johns Hopkins guide is consistently the best. It provides concise and precise information and is clearly written. It is written for the intelligent and literate reader, and is less illustrated than some of the competitors, but the information content is consistently superior.

An excellent reference guide to medical illnesses

There I was able to compare it with several others in its class, anddetermined that it was the most complete and best organized for myneeds. This book contains 17 chapters dedicated to understanding different parts of the body, and the symptoms, treatment, and prognosis for any illness I have checked for so far. A 48 page insert of color pictures helps you diagnosis certain kinds of rashes, sore throats, etc. The book also has recommendations on what can be treated at home and when you should consult a doctor. There are also sections on staying healthy, first aid and emergency care. END

This is even better than the Merck Manual

This is the best medical book for laymen I have ever read. It has as much or more detail as the Merck Manual in an easier to read format for the patient. It covers prevention, diagnosis and treatment. I recommend it highly.