medical care

Tongue depressors, cotton balls, eye charts, stethoscopes, bandages, and even hypodermic needles become familiar and understandable in this visit to a doctor's office.

When Megan, thirteen, arrives for her first cancer treatment, she is frustrated to be on the pediatric unit where the only other teen is Jackson Dawes, who is as cute and charming as he is rebellious and annoying, and who helps when her friends are frightened away by her illness.

Explores the problems associated with health costs for many Americans, proposed solutions to these problems, and American hopes and fears about current health care reform policies.

Describes the job responsibilities of health care workers and explains what is needed to get a position in the field. Information on how to dress and speak and how to obtain the necessary skills and training, education requirements, working conditions, and paths to advancement as well as how to interact with bosses and coworkers and flourish in the workplace.

Provides an overview of the American health care system, discusses the debate about reform, examines systems in other countries, and explains the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Nicky goes to the doctor for a check-up.

Text and pictures describe what might happen during a visit to the doctor's office and during a chest X ray.

Presents an introduction to going to the doctor's office, in simple text with illustrations, describing Hannah's trip for a routine examination.

When Mae breaks her leg she is taken by boat off the island where she lives to the mainland hospital.

Harry Kitten learns that a trip to the doctor is nothing to fear.