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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 short bowel syndrome, 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 short bowel syndrome. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Short Bowel Syndrome: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 3. Studies on Short Bowel Syndrome; Chapter 4. Patents on Short Bowel Syndrome; Chapter 5. Books on Short Bowel Syndrome; Chapter 6. Multimedia on Short Bowel Syndrome; Chapter 7. Periodicals and News on Short Bowel Syndrome; Chapter 8. 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; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction, Congenital Short Bowel Syndrome, Hypomotility Disorder, Idiopathic intestinalpseudo-obstruction, Intestinal pseudo-obstruction, massive bowel resection syndrome, Pseudointestinal Obstruction Syndrome, Pseudoobstructive Syndrome, Short bowel, Small intestine insufficiency.

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