The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook

Good. But better if translated into Indian languages.

予想通りで良かった、海外のは期待外れぎにみが多い中で期待を裏切らない状態であった。

American version of Complete Medical reference, ideal for family health awareness. The sections are laid out logically and concisely, easily presented for the lay person. Delivered quickly and in pristine condition, huge saving on the well known high street bookstores.

This is an amazingly interesting and informative book for the kind of patient who wants to understand what the doctors have explained for the patient's specific case. In a particular situation recently, I was given large amounts of information about two maladies, which all made sense, but in a slightly disjointed and incomplete way. This 3rd edition Merck manual home health handbook not only agreed with everything I was told by two groups of specialists, but also joined it all together in a unified picture, and even extended my understanding beyond what they told me. For each malady, there were about 4 pages of clear explanation in this book. It helps me to understand why doctors ask certain kinds of unusual questions which initially seem irrelevant. So I would say that for the curious, or very curious, patient who wants to get more clarity and detail and background on what the doctors say, this book is really ideal. The problem with this, I guess, is that this manual is not useful on its own for self-diagnosis. A much better book for doing a kind of "self-triage" to determine if it's a good idea to go to a doctor is the " Merck Manual Go-To Home Guide for Symptoms ". This Home Health Handbook is really only useful after a condition has been diagnosed, or as general reading for chronic conditions, or because the reader is really, really curious about medical conditions. This book is so readable, I think it would be possible, given sufficient years of reading time, to read it all through, or at least skim over the pages to get an overview of health issues for future reference. But 322 articles in 2100 pages is a bit daunting though. The printing and binding of this book are extremely good. It's a really "nice to possess" book which looks like it's intended to last a hundred years. The index, by the way, is also very good. Concerning whether this is really the 2nd or 3rd edition, yes it is the 3rd edition. The copyright page iv is confusing on this point, but when you read the following page v, it's clear that the 1st edition was 1997, 2nd edition was 2003, and this 3rd edition is 2009.

I have just started a Reflexology course and used this book for my first few pathologies. All the information I was looking for was in this book, hope this continues and would recommend.

The Merck manual has been around for many years and has been the reference guide for doctors, nurses and anyone else interested in medical issues. This home edition has 2, 368 pages of medical information written by 300 medical experts. This amazing giant volume is organized into 26 detailed sections. They are as follows: (1) Fundamentals. (2) Drugs. (3)Digestive disorders. (4) Liver and Gallbladder disorders. (5) Kidney and Urinary tract disorders. (6) Heart and blood vessel disorders. (7) Lung and airway disorders. (8) Bone, joint, and muscle disorders. (9) Brain, spinal cord and nerve disorders. (10) Mental health disorders. (11) Disorders of nutrition and metabolism. (12) Hormonal disorders. (13) Blood disorders. (14) Cancer. (15) Immune disorders. (16) Infections. (17) Skin disorders. (18) Mouth and dental disorders. (19) Ear, nose, and throat disorders. (20) Eye disorders. (21) Men's health issues. (22) Women's health issues. (23) Children's health issues. (24) Older people's health issues. (25) Injuries and poisoning. (26) Special subjects. In conclusion, this is a book that should be in every home as a health reference guide. Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Never Trust a Politician)