This work is a collection of almost 200 consumer health publications produced by the US government. The texts are replicated in full and cover a wide variety of topics that include: AIDS; allergies; cancer; contraception; genetic diseases; and women's health.

Meet consumer demand for information on health care and related topics with the first authoritative reference work of current and credible health care information every library can afford--and none will want to ignore. This work features 151 full-text articles from the National Cancer Institute, the Food and Drug Administration, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control, and other agencies.