The 2002 Official Patient's Sourcebook on Gout: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age

This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to gout, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on gout. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Gout: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Gout; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 4. Studies on Gout; Chapter 5. Patents on Gout; Chapter 6. Books on Gout; Chapter 7. Multimedia on Gout; Chapter 8. Periodicals and News on Gout; Chapter 9. Physician Guidelines and Databases; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Researching Nutrition; Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix E. Your Rights and Insurance; Appendix F. More on Rheumatic Diseases and Arthritis; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; GOUT GLOSSARY;INDEX. Related topics include: Acute gouty arthritis, Chronic gout, Chronic gouty arthritis, Familial Juvenile Gouty Nephropathy, Familial Juvenile Hyperuricemic Nephropathy, Familial Nephropathy Associated with Hyperuricemia, Gouty arthritis, Gouty Nephropathy, Juvenile Gouty Nephropathy, Uric acid nephrolithiasis.