Griffith's Instructions for Patients, Seventh Edition (Paperback)

by Stephen Moore (Author)

Editorial Reviews

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Reviews of last edition: "The book is well organized for effective use...The breadth of family medicine is included...Having gone through five editions since 1968, this book has achieved revered status in many practices." -Archives of Family Medicine "Instructions for Patients" is a comprehensive teaching tool that encompasses a multitude of disease processes and would be an asset to physicians or nurses involved in patient education." -ANNA Journal --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"Being able to offer a patient an easy-to-read general piece of reference material can make for better overall patient encounters and patient care. This book most assuredly provides that opportunity."-Journal of the American board of Family Practice (review of the 6th edition).

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Product Details

• Paperback: 656 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 7 edition (September 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416000364
• ISBN-13: 978-1416000365
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #42,428 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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59 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Reference Standard, November 23, 1998

By	Christina R. Eckenroth (Glendora , NJ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Griffith's Instructions for Patients Book with CD-ROM (Paperback)

Intended to be a compendium of handouts for physicians to give to patients, Griffith's Instructions provides information on a wide variety of illnesses. From croup to tooth grinding, this book covers maladies both small, i.e. indigestion, and large, i.e. congestive heart failure, in a consistent, matter-of fact presentation. All of the perforated, pull out discussions include basic descriptions of the illness, including the frequent signs and symptoms, a brief synopsis of possible causes, risks, preventative measures, expected outcomes, and possible complications. Treatments are also discussed through both general measures and medications with notes on recommended activity and diet. The 6th edition revises and updates all of the problems that patients regularly bring to their doctors discussed in the 5th edition and adds more than twenty new ones.

Extensive appendices provide diets, including the latest food pyramid guidelines, daily values, nutrition data and specific diet regimes. There are also a plethora of diagrams and instructions for wellness, such as how to perform breast and testicular self-exams. Unlabeled diagrams of the body, ranging from eye to the endocrine system (both male and female) are also provided.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beware of CD-ROM, August 22, 2005

By	Lisa M. Rhea (Franklin, TN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This series of books have been very helpful in my practice. I currently use the 6th edition. I was excited that the Spanish translation for handouts is included on the CD-ROM. However, there is one crucial difference: With the 6th edition the contents can be INSTALLED on your computer (and the CD then stored). Then topics can be searched and printed per PDF files/Acrobat reader. In the 6th edition, each topic print out is ONE page. HOWEVER, with the 7th edition, the CD-ROM MUST BE in the cd drive to work. This ties up that drive and is very inconvenient in a busy practice, if you have other uses for that drive. In the 7th edition, the printouts can be THREE pages long, consuming much more paper!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Griffith's Instructions for Patients, Seventh Edition, January 12, 2007

By	Anthony W. Shallin (Georgetown, Texas United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a valuable resource for any doctor's office. I use it every day. It is very clearly and logically written.