Heart Information

• Home
• About Us
• Chest Information
• Heart Information
  • How The Heart Works
  • Living With Heart Conditions
  • Tests And Investigations
  • Treatments
  • Reducing Your Risk Of Heart Disease
  • Where To Get Help
  • Heart Glossary
  • Heart Links
• Stroke Information
• Advice Line
• Publications and DVDs
• Community Support
• Fundraising
• Education, Training and Funding Applications
• Voices Scotland
• Research and Projects
• Volunteering
• Health Professionals
• Stroke Chat Scotland

You are in: Home > Heart Information > Suggested Book List

Suggested Book List

This page has examples of further reading about heart disease that you might find helpful. Many other books are also available. Prices are approximate and titles are available at time of writing.

Please contact the Chest Heart & Stroke (CHSS) publications department with any comments or suggestions to add to this list:

• Telephone: 0131 225 6963
• Fax: 0131 220 6313
• Email: publications

Topics

• Carers
• Cholesterol
• Depression
• Diabetes
• High Blood Pressure
• Mobility

ISBN (international standard book numbering)

An ISBN number is a 10 or 13 digit number which identifies every book published. If you have this you can have access to almost any book, either from the library or a good bookshop, or check if it is still in print.

How to buy and where to look

• Libraries and bookshops
• Websites
  • www.amazon.co.uk is an excellent source of books to buy online and you can also browse for other titles / resources
  • www.bookfinder.com is a free service searching independent booksellers for new and used copies of millions of titles
• Many organisations have their own literature, usually available from their publications departments / websites
• Contact the CHSS Adviceline for information to assist further education studies

Back to top

Topics

Carers

Carers are people involved in looking after someone else.

Carer’s Handbook Series

Published by Age Concern. Unfortunately Age Concern no longer produce these books however you may still be able to get a copy at your library or online.

• What To Do And Who To Turn To
  By Marina Lewycka
  ISBN: 086242366X

Back to top

Cholesterol

Cholesterol

ISBN: 9781905466054
Part of the 'A Simple Guide To…' series.
Available to buy or download online: Simple Guides Website

Understanding Cholesterol

ISBN: 190347406X
Available online from Family Doctor Books or from selected chemists

Back to top

Depression

Depression

ISBN: 9781905466030
Part of the 'A Simple Guide To…' series.
Available to buy or download online: Simple Guides Website

Beating Depression

ISBN: 9781859591505
Published by CLASS Publishing

Back to top

Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes in Adults of All Ages

ISBN: 185858087X
Published by CLASS Publishing

Type 2 Diabetes

ISBN: 9781905466023
Part of the 'A Simple Guide To…' series.
Available to buy or download online: Simple Guides Website

Quick Cooking for Diabetes

ISBN: 9780600619123
Published by Octopus Books

Endorsed by Diabetes UK this cookbook teaches you how to make changes to your choice of foods, eating habits and cooking to help manage your diabetes more effectively.

Back to top

High Blood Pressure

High Blood Pressure: Answers at Your Fingertips

ISBN: 9781859590904
Published by CLASS Publishing

High Blood Pressure

ISBN: 9781905466047
Part of the 'A Simple Guide To…' series.
Available to buy or download online: Simple Guides Website

Back to top

Mobility

Walking on Wheels by Eva McCracken

ISBN 0954441680
Published by Cualann Press
Available to buy from: The Walking on Wheels Trust

Back to top