American Medical Association Family Medical Guide, 4th Edition

"My opinion "Waiting for a medical appointment can be a royal pain , long or short wait.This book will he me understand more of my symptoms if I am sick.l until I see a doctor.Thanks 🙂

I don’t know about you but looking stuff up in the internet can be time consuming and I usually end up on a page for something completely different than what I am looking for. This book is an updated version from the one I had in the 90’s. It has an awesome symptoms chart which is my fave. I highly recommend adding this medical reference book to your home’s library.

Lots of good health information for individuals and families. Topics like nutrition, exercise, and common medical ailments are covered with written summaries, charts, and images/photos. Most Americans should have a medical guide at home. Topics like avoiding opioids unless the pain is very serious, and then using these a very short time, is mixed in with alcohol and tobacco use. Opioids aren't given enough clear summaries. Heroin is covered but the link between opioid prescriptions and heroin use isn't not very apparent. Book is still a very good item. Many medical costs can be avoided or delayed with healthy habits.

Much older publications had a great chart to help diagnose and treat most common aches and pains. Now days, to cover themselves, it no longer gives advice on what you can do, they just say make an appointment with your dr. <sigh> :(

Lots of good information in here. Nice to have when a doctor is not immediately available.

I had to buy this for my husband , who as you can probably figure out on your own doesn't go to the Dr. He did go this spring for a colonoscopyand from that deal he figured he had to have a medical guide. Well I guess when you won't go to the Dr. until your wife nags you enough he figures something like this is for him. You would not believe the hours I put in looking for a medical guide that I thought we would both like and the print was large enough. We both are very happy with this guide. I recommend it to all.

This is a pretty good price for an 1150 page book full of great information from general anatomy to diseases & genetic disorders. Full of pictures to help you diagnose a problem and diagrams to help you understand how the body works. Love the symptoms section. Start at the top and answer yes or no to each question and then follow the diagram according to your answer to try to narrow down what the problem might be. Love the alternative medicine section. It's brief, but at least they do not pretend there is no other medicine other than conventional. The first aid section is very helpful with everything from applying a splint to emergency childbirth! Extensive glossary & index in the back to find what you need fast! $24 well spent!

I would like to commend Amazon.com for their speedy resolution. My book arrived or rather the open box arrived without the book. I still can't believe the post office basically delivered a piece of cardboard. The post office evidently tore open the box and lost the book.I called Amazon and they immediately sent me a replacement- which did arrive in perfect condition. THANK YOU!!!!!!!I have 2 daughters going through surgery and "The American Medical Association Family Medical Guide" has enlightened me greatly as to what to expect. The information is so much more easily understood in the privacy of the home. Information is explained in easy to understand language.So the book is great and the service from Amazon is also great.

Being a physician, I car about my family's health and I wanted to have such a reference available so both my family and myself could have an easy to read text on common household health questions that arise.Highly recommended

Old school hard copy. It is always dangerous to self diagnose medical ills be it from the internet or old school hard copy. With that said this book is written by medical professionals and was our family bible of medicine for many years.Too bad they quite updating the book but it still has a lot of useful information that comes from experts in their field.

This book is a great for your library and excellent to use in cross checking internet sources or doctor's advice. It is presented very clearly but often jumps to a serious condition a little too quickly so can be alarmist if the user is not careful. I recommend the AMA GuideEvery family should have this book.....

I had an old (ancient) version, so it is great to have this one. A great reference book to have on hand at all times.

facile à consulter - précieuse source de renseignements.