The Internet is fast becoming a rich and significant source of health information for millions of Americans. Stories abound of consumers who learned valuable information about their health by surfing the "net." Author Bruce Maxwell, celebrated for his helpful Internet guide books, now provides consumers with a guide to health information available online.
From the thousands of available sources, Maxwell selects the most useful sites and provides clear instructions on how to access them. The result is more than 600 online sources: Web sites, consumer publications, mailing lists, newsgroups, and support organizations that offer free health information on a host of significant topics. The book is organized into approximately 50 subject chapters such as Aging, Asthma, and Surgery, and the individual entries describe and evaluate each appropriate site. A detailed and comprehensive index and a glossary of terms make the guide even more useful.
Using How to Find Health Information on the Internet, readers can:
- Learn how to stay healthy
- Investigate specific illnesses
- Find online support from others who suffer from the same illness
- Find the latest information on new treatments
- Get access to consumer health publications
- Zero in on the sites that offer needed information--or use the book as a broad survey of what health information is available online
With all the myriad, fast-breaking changes in every area of healthcare today, and with the explosion of information available on the Internet, Americans everywhere are looking for current information...information they can rely on. They also need help in sorting through the oceans of information to locate what's really valuable to them. How to Access Health Information on the Internet is the new first source.