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    Smart Health Choices: making sense of health advice
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    Smart Health Choices: making sense of health advice

    By Les Irwig, Judy Irwig, Lyndal Trevena and

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    About this ebook

    Smart Health Choices provides the tools for assessing health advice, whether it comes from a specialist, a general practitioner, a naturopath, the media, the internet of a friend. It shows you how to take an active role in your own healthcare, and how to make the best decisions for you and your loved ones, based on your personal preferences and the best available evidence.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHammersmith Health Books
    Release dateDec 1, 2013
    ISBN9781781610534
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