Galen On Bloodletting

organizations, educational opportunities, and governmental and community resources. The language is clear and directed toward the lay audience, yet much of the information in this concise guide is also of use to the health care worker and agents of social service involved in caring for these patients. The importance of this new book, however, lies in its provision of a ready and complete source of information to affected patients and their families, who more and more must act as their own agents in an ever more depersonalized health care system.