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Take Care Of Yourself 8E: The Complete Illustrated Guide To Medical Self-care

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This book is one of the best guides to better health. It is easy to both find what ails you and what heals you. It is written in laymans terms that are easy to understand. I strongly recommend it be a part of your home health library.

My employer gave me an earlier edition of this book as part of a wellness plan. I literally wore it out! It's weird to try to call a doctor's office if you're not sure you need a doctor, and this book helps you figure out if you need to go in or not. Highly reccomended

An excellent book to use for medical self-care. In flow-chart style, it guides you through questions/answers and a possible diagnosis, then advises whether your condition is mild, moderate, or serious enough to warrant emergency medical care. I also like "Take Care of Your Child," and used it a lot when my children were small.

A book easy to read and easy to understand covering many situations persons could be confronted with vis-à-vis their own, or their child's health state. The idea is to empower self-responsibility. Very clearly it is elaborated that unexcited consideration may lead to clear decisions either to help oneself or seek help at different levels. It gives advice how one could cope with the discomfort of a deteriorated health state, but it also gives hints "what to expect at the doctor's office". Used thoughtfully this book altogether may help to save resources not only on the level of personal psychological strain, on the level of financial assets, but on the level of the health care system too where providers thus can concentrate on essential and main issues that cannot be solved by self-care alone. May this book experience further editions, find its way in many hands and heads, and help many needy - at least to a certain extend - to take care of themselves.

I have had this book both in printed form, and now on my Kindle. I appreciate both formats; the Kindle makes it perfect for when I'm on the go. After all, not all medical issues happen while you have access to the printed copy. The Kindle version seems well-formatted, and I like the ease of use of the table of contents, etc. In either case, the content is the important thing, and I have always found it easy to navigate and search, easy to understand, and full of sensible advice. It has helped me know when I can save my money and time by treating myself or kids at home, and when I should surely go to the doctor. I find that the authors wrote in a reassuring manner, to convince the readers that they perhaps have the power to help themselves more often than they might think. I definitely would recommend this as a well-written basic resource for anyone.

A little short on information, but the flow-chart format on what to do when you are troubled and confused is very reassuring.

As a personal user of this book and as someone that sells this book in bulk to employers and health plans looking to distribute it to their employees and members, I have extensive experience with seeing its effectiveness in positively aiding the decision to care for various medical conditions at home versus utilizing a doctor or medical facility. The book is a simple to use tool and generates a positive financial impact in terms of cost savings to companies desiring a reduction in their health care spending.

Nothing to rant and rave about. I like Dr. Koops medical books better. I don't think this one was worth the money.