The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Brucellosis: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age

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 brucellosis, 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 brucellosis. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Brucellosis: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 3. Studies on Brucellosis; Chapter 4. Patents on Brucellosis; Chapter 5. Books on Brucellosis; Chapter 6. Multimedia on Brucellosis; Chapter 7. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 8. Dissertations on Brucellosis; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix D. Your Rights and Insurance; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; BRUCELLOSIS GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Bang Disease, Bang's disease, Brucellemia, Brucelliasis, Cyprus fever, Febris Melitensis, Febris Sudoralis, Febris Undulans, Fievre Caprine, Gibraltar fever, Goat Fever, Malta fever, Maltese Fever, Mediterranean Fever, Nonfamilial, Melitensis Septicemia, Melitococcosis, Neapolitan Fever, Phthisis, Rock fever, Undulant fever.