BONUS CD-ROM features patient sheets in both English and Latin American Spanish allowing readers to customize and print out sheets from their computer! The new edition of this popular patient teaching tool improves compliance, speeds recovery, and increases understanding. Hundreds of fact sheets help patients understand what their illness is, how it will affect their regular routine, and when to call a doctor. Readers can simply tear out the appropriate pages, photocopy them, and distribute them to patients when discussing follow-up care. * 500 topics includes "most common" as well as "less common" disorders encountered in outpatient and inpatient settings * Includes descriptions of each illness, including frequent signs and symptoms, possible causes, risks, preventive measures, expected outcomes, possible complications, and treatments. * Customizable Sheets! Extra space allows for typed or handwritten notes for patients!

BONUS CD-ROM features patient sheets in both English and Latin American Spanish allowing readers to customize and print out sheets from their computer! The new edition of this popular patient teaching tool improves compliance, speeds recovery, and increases understanding. Hundreds of fact sheets help patients understand what their illness is, how it will affect their regular routine, and when to call a doctor. Readers can simply tear out the appropriate pages, photocopy them, and distribute them to patients when discussing follow-up care. * 500 topics includes "most common" as well as "less common" disorders encountered in outpatient and inpatient settings * Includes descriptions of each illness, including frequent signs and symptoms, possible causes, risks, preventive measures, expected outcomes, possible complications, and treatments. * Customizable Sheets! Extra space allows for typed or handwritten notes for patients!