Teen-age Medicine: The Questions Young People Ask About Their Health, by Augusta Greenblatt. New York: Cowles Book Company, Inc., 1970, 206 pp., $5.95

Abstract

A 15-year-old boy sits in his pediatrician's waiting room; magazines are available, but the titles do not interest him because they all seem to be directed to mothers with young children. Then he notes a small book entitled, Teen-Age Medicine: Questions Young People Ask About Their Health. Knowing he can't go wrong by glancing at the table of contents, he is slightly surprised to find chapters on subjects which really do interest him. "What about Mood-Changing Drugs?;" "What Should I know About Contraception?;" "How Serious is the Threat of Venereal Disease?." There are other chapters dealing with obesity, skin care, dental care, emotional problems and infectious mononucleosis; subjects which are an important part of the adolescent's world.