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356 pages 
7.0 x 10.0 inches

Physicians diagnose and treat a host of conditions. Everyone who understands the nature of health care will be better able to participate in their own and their family's care.

The Nature of Clinical Care explains the concepts underlying medical care and the clinical process - what doctors do. It provides everybody, including students, professionals and patients, with the know-how to participate in their own care. Approachable, straightforward, and insightful, it fills a crucial gap by addressing the patient-doctor relationship, how people make diagnoses, the purposes, benefits and risks of interventions, and the art and science of Medicine. 

It is a vast collection of helpful resources. As such, this compendium augments our knowledge base enabling and empowering everyone who must interact with the care system and its professionals.

This book is Volume 1 of a three-book series that describes the thinking and processes behind clinical care. Volume 1 introduces readers to ideas related to understanding, diagnosing, treating and preventing biological problems. 

Volume 1 Sections Include: 

• The Meaning of Health
• The Nature of Diagnosis
• Measuring Health
• Health Prevention and Maintenance
• The Nature of Treatment
• The Challenge of Testing

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Authors

Recognized experts in Medicine, professional education, and healthcare-related research with decades of experience in the healthcare system going back to the late 1960s, David Zitner and H. Dominic J. Covvey have widely published in both the popular and professional press, have spoken at hundreds of conferences and symposia, and have worked in or consulted with many hospitals in North America. Together, they coauthored Pointing the Way: Competencies and Curricula in Health Informatics with Robert M. Bernstein, published by NIHI Canada in 2001.