num_pages: 256
description: This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to hemochromatosis, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on hemochromatosis. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Hemochromatosis; PART ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 4. Studies on Hemochromatosis; Chapter 5. Patents on Hemochromatosis; Chapter 6. Books on Hemochromatosis; Chapter 7. Multimedia on Hemochromatosis; Chapter 8. Periodicals and News on Hemochromatosis; Chapter 9. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 10. Dissertations on Hemochromatosis; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Researching Nutrition; Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix E. Your Rights and Insurance; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; HEMOCHROMATOSIS GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics Bronze Diabetes, Cirrhosis, congenital pigmentary, Familial Hemochromatosis, Hemochromatosis Syndrome, Hemosiderosis, Iron Overload Disease, Primary Hemochromatosis, Troisier-Hanot-Chauffard syndrome.
language: English
title: The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Hemochromatosis
titlecomplete: The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Hemochromatosis
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Icon Group Intl Inc