Health and wellness : illness among Americans / Barbara Wexler.
Examines health and wellness among Americans, including the ways in which illness is currently prevented, identified, and treated. Describes the most common types of chronic, degenerative, genetic, and infectious diseases, as well as the concepts of mental health and illness. Covers both traditional...
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Detroit :
Gale,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- ch 1. Defining health and wellness
- ch 2. Prevention of disease
- ch 3. Diagnosing disease : the process of detecting and identifying illness
- ch 4. Genetics and health
- ch 5. Chronic diseases : causes, treatment, and prevention
- ch 6. Degenerative diseases
- ch 7. Infectious diseases
- ch 8. Mental health and illness
- ch 9. Complementary and alternative medicine.