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A woman's concise guide to common medical tests / Michele C. Moore, Caroline M. de Costa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moore, Michele.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diagnosis--Popular works.
- Diagnosis.
- Medical screening--Popular works.
- Medical screening.
- Periodic health examinations--Popular works.
- Periodic health examinations.
- Women--Health and hygiene--Popular works.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-36090-9
- 9786610360901
- 0-8135-3777-0
- OCLC:
- 806204727
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