The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Intraocular Melanoma

ISBN: 9780597833540

出版社: Lightning Source Inc

出版年: 2002-11

页数: 204

定价: $ 32.71

装帧: Pap

内容简介

This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to intraocular melanoma, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on intraocular melanoma. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Intraocular Melanoma: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Intraocular Melanoma; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 4. Studies on Intraocular Melanoma; Chapter 5. Books on Intraocular Melanoma; Chapter 6. Physician Guidelines and Databases; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix C. Your Rights and Insurance; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; INTRAOCULAR MELANOMA GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: eye cancer, Eye tumor, Malignant melanoma choroid, Malignant melanoma eye, Ocular melanoma.