medical care

Elizabeth learns what goes on in a hospital when she enters to have her appendix removed.

Explains what happens during a physical examination by the doctor.

Identifies common doctor's tools such as the stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, and thermometer, and describes how they are used and what they feel like.

A collection of essays that addresses controversies related to uninsured individuals in the United States, discussing if the lack of health insurance is a serious problem, if access to health insurance improves people's health, if government should mandate the purchase of health insurance, and if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will improve medical care.

Fourteen-year-old Khosi's mother wants her to get an education to break out of their South African shantytown, although she herself is wasting away from an untreated illness, while Khosi's grandmother, Gogo, seeks help from a traditional Zulu healer.

Contains over twenty articles from a wide range of national publications that provide a variety of perspectives on health care in sub-Saharan Africa--the topic assigned for the National High School Policy Debate for the 2007-08 school year.

Provides information about a wide range of health-related topics and lifestyle issues; and includes chapter overviews, definitions of words and terms, lists of reference books and web sites, sidebar boxes, photographs and illustrations, bibliographies, and indexes.

Contains twenty-seven essays in which various authors present opposing viewpoints on issues related to health care, discussing reform, managed care, and the problem of uninsured Americans.

Arthur the bear must stay at the hospital after falling off his bike, and learns how the doctors and nurses can make him feel better.