Healthwise for Life: A Self-Care Guide for People Age 50 and Better - Softcover

Molly Mettler; Donald W. Kemper

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932921311 ISBN 13: 9781932921311

Publisher: Healthwise, Incorporated, 2007

Synopsis

Book Description Now in its 7th edition, Healthwise for Life helps adults age 50 and older improve their self-care skills, lower their health care costs, and stay healthy as they age. Healthwise for Life topics can help people make quick decisions about when to call a doctor and what home treatments are best. This self-care guide provides decision-focused, action-oriented information on more than 200 common health topics important to older adults. Over 90 unique Go-to-Web search codes take readers to decision-focused, action-oriented topics and tools from the online Healthwise Knowledgebase. From the Publisher Since 1975, Healthwise has distributed more than 30 million self-care guides throughout the world. Healthwise is a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Nearly 90 million times a year, people turn to Healthwise information to learn how to do more for themselves, ask for the care they need, and say no to the care they don t need.

About this title

From the Publisher:

With more than 15 million Healthwise self-care handbooks in print, Healthwise is the leader in providing medical self-care books to managed care organizations. The books have repeatedly won focus group selections for their easy-to-use format, consumer focus, and clear guidelines for decision support. Soon to be in its 14th Edition, the Healthwise Handbook has had the advantage of feedback from thousands of physician reviews.

About the Author:

Sharing her expertise with both the public and private sectors, Molly Mettler is a tireless advocate for a stronger role for health care consumers. Ms. Mettler helped develop national policy on health education and promotion. She currently serves on the National Council on Aging s board of directors, the Advisory Committee for the Center for the Study of Aging at Boise State University, and the Advisory Group for the Practice Change Fellows Program at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Known internationally as an author and lecturer, Ms. Mettler speaks on medical self-care, aging and health issues, medical consumerism, and information therapy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Healthwise, Incorporated
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1932921311
• ISBN 13: 9781932921311
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Katy E. Magee, Steven L. Schneider MD, A. Patrice Burgess MD