Healthcare Online for Dummies | 
 enlarge | Authors: Howard Wolinsky, Judi Wolinsky
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 1294778
Media: Paperback
Pages: 360
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0764506846
Dewey Decimal Number: 025.06613
UPC: 785555025882
EAN: 9780764506840
ASIN: 0764506846
Publication Date: June 1, 2001
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Product Description
Healthcare Online For Dummies empowers you to search the vast, sometimes confusing, resources of the Internet and find the medical information you need. The Internet and this book won't replace doctors, but Healthcare Online For Dummies will enable you to become an informed partner with your healthcare provider. This book includes sections on online search techniques, wellness, and major illnesses. An extensive directory of health and medical sites lists many of the best sites the Web has to offer.
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 Good source, but missing the key... January 3, 2005
Mark Twain
I found that this book had a great many resources online for finding physicians within particular specialties (i.e. one site for radiology doctors, one site for cardiology doctors, etc), but did not have mention of any sites that put all specialties and regions together. One such site to find a doctor is http://www.appointmentnet.com, or even WebMD... although Appointment Net has the easiest search for finding doctors, and even allows you to make appointments and renew prescriptions online.
The most helpful and reliable source I've found! March 18, 2002
Gerald Hewitt, Ph. D. (STOCKTON, CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
When I was diagnosed with cancer three years ago and spent a lot of time researching the disease and its treatment, "Healthcare Online" was exactly the kind of book I needed but didn't have. It's clear and easy-to-use, though quite sophsticated in its research assistance, and very, very helpful in providing ways to separate out the valid information from the misleading or phony stuff. In the areas I researched intensively, it lists all the sources I eventually found for myself, plus some very useful sites I never discovered. I often counsel newly-diagnosed individuals with my disease and now will pass on this book as a gold mine for their own inquiries.
Invaluable Guide February 1, 2002
adm (San Francisco)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The web is like the Tower of Babble - jammed with information but difficult to sort out. This book is an invaluable guide to the many, often confusing, sources of online health information. Buy it. Use it. Profit from it.
A Premier Source Book November 29, 2001
Pat (New York, New York United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Healthcare for Dummies validates the Internet as a research tool. It provides qualified healthcare sources with which to help ourselves, our families and friends.
I needed immediate information to help my mother cope with my Father who has Alzheimer's. I not only found organizations with information on Alzheimer's, but sources for my Mother (the caregiver) to contact for guidance and assistance.
Healthcare is rarely one issue. This guide can assist in the search for information on conditions, treatments as well as insurance and life stage issues -- all available on the Internet.
Put this right next to the home PDR November 19, 2001
Adam J. Hecktman (Chicago, IL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found this book to be extremely valuable. Not only does it immeasurably help you to research healthcare and related issues, but it is an excellent reference for understanding how to research healthcare providers. My wife and I will keep this on our short list of resources for good living.
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