Hepatitis C: The Silent Epidemic [Paperback]

Carol Turkington (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 11, 1999

Four times more prevalent than the AIDS virus and just as deadly, hepatitis C affects 3.5 million Americans--with 30,000 new cases reported each year. Yet, most Americans have never even heard of this disease. This book provides the general reader, those infected with the disease, and their loved ones with the latest information about prevention, transmission, and treatment.

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About the Author

Carol Turkington is a medical writer and editor with more than 20 books to her credit.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (May 11, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809229579
• ISBN-13: 978-0809229574
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,152,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #100 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Disorders & Diseases > Hepatitis

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a must have, April 26, 2000

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Debi Bachand (Appleton, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hepatitis C: The Silent Epidemic (Paperback)

This is the most informational book I have read on the disease of Hepatitis C. It goes through the different stages, treatments, alternative medicines. It also helps you understand what tp expect as the disease progresses. A must have for anyone battling this horrible illness.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A little dated but still a knockout of a book, August 3, 2004

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Kevin Killian (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hepatitis C: The Silent Epidemic (Paperback)

You wouldn't want to base your entire medical future on a book from 1999 (literally the last century and in medical terms several generations ago in terms of available knowledge) but Carol Turkington has written a wonderful book that fully and frankly explains the ramifications of a disease that has been the subject of much mystification and ignorance since his discovery and classification. Why? Why the darkness? I suppose because many people contract the illness through needle use, the suggestion is that people who suffer from it have brough it on themselves, that they deserve to suffer. Hogwash! And Carol Turkington helps set the record straight on this issue right away. Thank goodness for clear thinkers like Ms, Turkington.

If everyone in America read this book, we'd be a far healthier nation, and based on recent speeches given at the Boston Democratic Convention, we'd be a nation dedicated to stopping disease instead of sweeping it under the carpet with everything else we don't care to think about. Let's get some research done, and help save lives, before it's too late for all of us, and only our children left alive to reap the benefits of the education we spurned.