Sources of further information for professionals and patients

MATERIAL FOR PROFESSIONALS

• The Joint British Societies' Cardiac Risk Assessor computer program and copies of the Joint British Societies coronary heart disease risk assessment chart can be downloaded from the British Hypertension Society website (http://www.hyp.ac.uk/bhs/)
• Blood Pressure Measurement - Recommendations of the British Hypertension Society. 3rd edition, 1997 (Edited by E O'Brien et al; price £4.95.)
• BHS/BMJ. Recommendations for Blood Pressure Measurement. CD-ROM, price £58.75.

Available from BMJ Publications or the BMJ Bookshop, BMA House, London WC1H 9JR
Tel: 0171 383 6244; Fax: 0171 383 6455; orders@bmjbookshop.com

MATERIAL FOR PATIENTS

• Patient information booklet: "Understanding High Blood Pressure"
• Fact sheets:
  • Self-help measures
  • Antihypertensive drugs
  • Blood pressure measurement
  • Reducing dietary salt
  • Blood pressure and kidney disease
• Diet sheet: "Healthy Eating"

Available from the British Hypertension Society Information Service, Blood Pressure Unit, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE Tel: 0181 725 3412; Fax: 0181 725 2959; http://www.hyp.ac.uk/bhsinfo/ (for information service); website: http://www.hyp.ac.uk/bhs/