Product Description

The more we understand about high blood pressure, the better we can control it. In this handbook, experts in the field answer frequently asked questions and give the reader the information they need to bring their blood pressure down - and keep it down. The guide provides medically accurate answers to real-life questions asked by people with high blood pressure; plain English explanations of medical jargon; answers to questions people feel uneasy about asking their doctors; details of organizations offering information and support; and positive, practical advice on all aspects of living with high blood pressure.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1175180 in Books
• Published on: 1999-04-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

Review
'Exactly the right style for dealing with the sort of problems that patients regularly have.' - Professor John Swales, Professor of Medicine, University of Leicester. '...readable and comprehensive information for anyone with high blood pressure...' - Dr Sylvia McLauchlan MB, ChB, MSc, FFPHM Director General, The Stroke Association. 'The language is pitched at just the right level so that the reader feels he has been taken into partnership with the doctor in understanding his condition.' - Dr A G Donald, Edinburgh.

Dr Godfrey Fowler, Clinical Reader in General Practice, University of Oxford
"It is very readable, I think pitched at just the right level"

Evelyn Thomas SRN, Glyncorrwg
"I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, it has covered all the questions that I and most people especially those with high blood pressure would like to ask."

Customer Reviews

all you want to\ know
this book gives you all you need to know about blood pressure - and all in easy to understand language. And it does give resssurance, that there is a life to be lived even with high blood pressure