UID:
edocfu_9959237254402883
Umfang:
1 online resource (238 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-36090-9
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9786610360901
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0-8135-3777-0
Inhalt:
This is a well-written, thoughtful and eminently readable guide through the often complex maze of preventive medical care. Women who want to gain a better understanding of the risks, benefits, strengths, and limitations of the health care practices and procedures that they commonly undergo, should read this book.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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What is a screening test? -- The annual physical exam -- Pap smears -- Colposcopy -- Screening for breast cancer -- Screening for colon cancer -- Screening for diabetes -- Screening for heart disease -- Screening and testing for communicable disease -- Screening for bone loss -- Vision screening -- Screening in older women -- Screening in pregnancy -- What's left out and why -- Genetic screening -- Laboratory tests -- The positive side of prevention.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8135-3579-4
Sprache:
Englisch
