Maintaining Health in Primary Care Guidelines for Wellness in the 21st Century

Provides a comprehensive, easily accessible source of information to aid practitioners with the education of their patients and to help them to take increasing responsibility for improving and maintaining their own health.<li>A text that is in tune with the times - health care systems are overburdened and financially unable to cope with the demand</li><li>Helps with today's aim of increasing the emphasis on health promotion rather than on the treatment of disease</li><li>Shows how to help clients take increased responsibility for their own health care</li><li>Demonstrates how to make more informed selective use of professional health care</li><li>Addresses the questions and concerns most frequently raised by individuals regarding their health and disease prevention</li><li>Presents a model for developing a personal health contract that patients can implement</li><li>Provides easy-to-use protocols for many common scenarios</li><li>Includes Professional Posters giving step-by-step guidance to the practitioner on different aspects of health education.</li>