Health Library / Patient Education

If you would you like to know more about a specific childhood illness, diagnostic test, or surgical procedure that has been recommended for your child, our Health Library offers easy-to-understand information on a wide range of pediatric health, medical, and safety topics and includes:

• Children's Care Guides
  Details about treatments, diagnostic tests, and other topics to help pediatric patients at Duke Children's.
• Your Child's Health
  Your Child's Health is a monthly health advice column for parents from the experts at Duke Children's.
• Patient Stories
  Read about experiences with care at Duke Children's.
• Patient Education Online
  The American Academy of Pediatrics provides parents and other caregivers with reliable, up-to-date health and safety information with more than 150 education handouts--all available to print, download, or email.
• KidsHealth
  The KidsHealth Parents section has doctor-approved, accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information about children from before birth through young adulthood.
• Encyclopedia
  A comprehensive resource for general health information.

Disclaimer: THE HEALTH LIBRARY DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE.

The Health Library is for information only. The contents of the Health Library, such as graphics, images, text, quoted information and all other materials ("Content") are provided for reference only, do not claim to be complete or exhaustive or to be applicable to any particular individual's medical condition. Users should always consult with a qualified and licensed physician or other medical care provider. Users are warned to follow the advice of their physicians without delay regardless of anything read in this Health Library.

The Health Library may contain health or medically related materials considered sexually explicit. Users are warned that if they may be offended by such Content, an alternate source of information should be found.

Publication of information or reference in The Health Library to specific sources such as specific products, procedures, physicians, treatments, or diagnoses are for information only and are not endorsements of Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center.