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Consumer Health Complete (EBSCOhost)

 


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Description: Consumer Health Complete™ (CHC) is the single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.

CHC offers a unique search interface designed to call attention to the full text content available from many important source-types, and to provide an intuitive means for searching this specific information.

Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Content includes:
* full text for more than 200 health reference books and encyclopedias, including:

  • American College of Physicians Complete Home Medical Guide
  • American Medical Association Complete Medical Encyclopedia
  • American Medical Association Family Medical Guide
  • Columbia University Children's Medical Guide
  • Complete Guide to Prescription & Nonprescription Drugs 2008
  • Cornell Illustrated Encyclopedia of Health
  • Houghton Mifflin Patient's Guide to Medical Tests
  • Mayo Clinic Family Health Book
  • Mayo Clinic Guide to Women's Cancers
  • Oxford Handbook on Child Nutrition
  • Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine
  • Royal Society for Medical Health Encyclopedia
This database is part of the Multi-Sector Bundle.
Formats Indexed: Journal articles, reference books, encyclopedias
Interface: EBSCOhost  
RSS Feeds: EBSCOhost Search Alerts & Journal Alerts Available via RSS Feeds see:
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