The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Gastritis: 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 gastritis, 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 gastritis. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Gastritis: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 3. Studies on Gastritis; Chapter 4. Patents on Gastritis; Chapter 5. Books on Gastritis; Chapter 6. Multimedia on Gastritis; Chapter 7. Periodicals and News on Gastritis; Chapter 8. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 9. Dissertations on Gastritis; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Researching Nutrition; Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix E. NIH Consensus Statement on Therapeutic Endoscopy and Bleeding Ulcers; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; GASTRITIS GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Acute gastritis, Erosive gastritis, Hemorrhagic gastritis, Reflux gastritis.