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The Patient's Guide to Medical Tests : Everything You Need to Know about the Tests Your Doctor Orders, 2nd edition 

J. C. Segen, 2002

Provides information on 1,000 commonly used medical terms. Entries are arranged alphabetically by test name and include a description of the test, possible results, cost, and special instructions or precautions.

 


Professional Guide to Diseases, 7th edition

Springhouse, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001

It is a concise encyclopedia of diseases and disorders with a reference format which provides a quick list of clinical disease names, common names, descriptions, causes, treatments, tests, and prognosis.

 


Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms, 3rd edition

Springhouse, 2001

It covers more than 550 common and less common signs and symptoms, It includes flowcharts and tables. 

 

 


The Yale University School of Medicine Patient's Guide to Medical Tests

Barry L. Zaret, MD, 1997

A comprehensive guide of medical tests that includes hundreds of the most commonly performed medical tests and contains some general information regarding patient rights and informed consent.  Tests are described in easy to understand terms with charts and information about alternate test names, purpose, preparation, test procedure, variations, implications, interpretation, advantages and disadvantages, and follow-up.

 

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