medical care

When Sam visits the doctor' office for a check-up she takes his height and weight, tests his eyesight and hearing, listens to his heart and lungs, and gives him an injection.

This book discusses controversial issues on health topics of current concern, such as AIDS, abortion, environmental health, and drug use and abuse.

Examines the possible consequences of the growth of prescription drug use and the impact of direct-to-consumer promotion (DTC) and off-label marketing.

Presents information on health in the United States, looking at the health status of Americans, investigating health care and insurance issues, discussing various diseases and preventive measures, and including a survey of public opinion.

Presents different viewpoints on issues relating to health care in the United States through book excerpts, articles, speeches, cartoons, and quotations.

Defines the top twenty careers in alternative health care, discussing the nature of the work, educational requirements, getting started, advancement possibilities, salary, employment outlook, and sources of more information.

Tells the stories of three families who were helped by the work of Mary Breckinridge, the first nurse to go into the Appalachian Mountains and give medical care to the isolated inhabitants. Includes an afterword with facts about Breckinridge and the Frontier Nursing Service she founded.

While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weights whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.

Judy is excited about becoming a doctor, especially when Class 3T starts a new unit on the human body, but she learns more about being a patient when she catches tonsillitis from her little brother, Stink.