Stroke (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313342417)

Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightening illnesses and afflictions - the Biographies of Disease series provides students with the information that they need to understand the origin of various maladies, how they impact contemporary society, and how doctors and researchers from around the world are fighting to devise treatments to alleviate or cure these diseases. This volume, Stroke, covers a common affliction that comes in many different forms, which can be fatal or leave the patient disabled, and which strikes a surprising number of younger people.

Author: Jonathan A. Edlow
ISBN-10: 0313342415
ISBN-13: 9780313342417
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.27h x 6.48w x 0.77d