Recommended Reading
The following books and suggested websites are recommended by the Ethnic Health Institute. Click on a link below to go directly to a particular book list, or just scroll down to view them all.
Asthma/Allergies
Allergies: Questions You Have... Answers You Need.
By Jennifer Hay
The American Lung Association Family Guide to Asthma and Allergies: How You and Your Children Can Breathe Easier.
By The American Lung Advisory Group, Norman Edelman (Contributor)
Asthma - An Emerging Epidemic: A Manual for Patients with Asthma and Parents of Children with Asthma.
By Paul J. Hannaway, M.D.
Control Your Child's Asthma: A Breakthrough Program for the Treatment and Management of Childhood Asthma.
By Harold Farber, M.D.
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Cancer
Living With Prostate Cancer, One Man's Story: What Everyone Should Know.
By Audrey Currie Newton
The Healthy Prostate: A Doctor's Comprehensive Program for Preventing and Treating Common Problems.
By Arnold Fox, Barry Fox
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Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes, A Healthier Life for Adults with Diabetes.
The StayWell Company, Krames a Division Of StayWell 2001
Call (800) 333-3032
Diabetes A-Z, What You Need to Know About Diabetes - Simply Put.
AmericanDiabetes Association,
4th Edition, 2000
American Diabetes Association Complete Guide to Diabetes.
Bantam Books, Nov. 1997
Diabetes Forecast Magazine.
American Diabetes Association,
www.diabetes.org/DiabetesForecast
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End of Life Decision Making
Lead Me Home: An African American Guide Through the Grief Journey.
By C. Brice; New York: Avon Books, 1999
Crossing Over - Narratives of Palliative Care.
By D. Barnard, A. Towers, P. Boston, Y. Lambrinidou; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Recommended Websites:
www.lastacts.org
www.agingwithdignity.org
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Hypertension
Essential Guide to Hypertension: American Medical Association (The American Medical Association Essential Guides Series).
By Angela R. Perry (Editor)
Overcoming Hypertension: Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper's Preventive Medicine Program.
By Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D.
Good News About High Blood Pressure: Everything You Need to Know to Take Control of Hypertension -And Your Life.
By Thomas Pickering, MD
Email: grayj@sutterhealth.org
Telephone:(510) 869-8219
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