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" Smart Health Choices : "
Les Irwig
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BL
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798676
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b618733
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Les Irwig
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Smart Health Choices : : making sense of health advice.\ Les Irwig
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New York: Hammersmith Books Limited, 2013
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(358 pages)
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1781610533
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: 1905140177
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: 9781781610534
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: 9781905140176
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; About the authors; Before you read this book; Acknowledgements; Disclaimer; I: Health advice can be harmful; 1: This book could save your life; 2: Be sceptical; 3: Bad evidence; 4: Don't always rely on the experts; II: Your body, your choice; 5: Smart health choice essentials; 6: Choosing a practitioner or a hospital; III: Stories and studies; 7: An education in shopping; 8: The weakness of one; 9: The power of many; IV: Evaluating the evidence; 10: Judging which tests and treatments really work; 11: What makes you sick? V: Improving your healthcare12: Finding the best evidence; 13: Doing your bit; 14: How to apply the evidence to you and your situation; VI: Testing your skill; 15: Making sense of health advice; 16: Is this a useful diagnostic test?; 17: Decision thresholds; 18: Relative risk, relative and absolute risk reduction, number needed to treat and confidence intervals; Useful sources of health advice; Glossary; After you read this book; A, B, C; Index; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z.
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Smart Health Choices provides the tools for assessing health advice, whether it comes from a specialist, a general practitioner, a naturopath, the media, the internet of a friend. It shows you how to take an active role in your own healthcare, and how to make the best decisions for you and your loved ones, based on your personal preferences and the best available evidence.
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Medical care -- Evaluation.
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Patient education.
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Self-care, Health.
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RA776.L475 2013
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Judy Irwig
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Les Irwig
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Lyndal Trevena
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Melissa Sweet
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Ron Tandberg
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