Approximately 900 entries to journal articles from the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, physical therapy, nutrition, and others, all published during the 1970's. Also refers to leading periodicals, books, and other resources for patient education such as companies and foundations. All selections were from the Health Education Information Retrieval System (HEIRS) at Johns Hopkins University, Division of Health Education, Department of Health Services Administration, School of Hygiene and Public Health. Topical arrangement under 10 chapters. Each entry gives bibliographical information and annotation. Miscellaneous appendixes. Author, subject indexes.