TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parakh,Kapil
AU  - Dirksen,Anna
TI  - Searching for health: the smart way to find information online and put it to use  
T2  - Johns Hopkins Press health book
SN  - 1421440288
AV  - RC82 .P373 2021
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Consumer education
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Computer network resources
KW  - Medicine, Popular
KW  - Medicine
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter 1. The First Signs of Illness -- Chapter 2: Moving from Symptoms to a Diagnosis -- Chapter 3: Meeting with Your Doctor about Your Diagnosis -- Chapter 4: Receiving a Diagnosis -- Chapter 5: Deciding on Treatment -- Chapter 6: Medications -- Chapter 7: Surgery -- Chapter 8: Lifestyle Treatment Options -- Chapter 9: Complementary and Alternative Treatments -- Chapter 10: Making Tough Decisions
N2  - "The authors identify techniques that consumers can use to locate evidence-based medical information online, including information found in blogs, social media postings, forums, and news stories. They also have advice for how to make the most of health tracking apps. The book provides readers with checklists and worksheets they can use to improve their ability to find and process trustworthy health information online"--
ER  -