Encyclopedia of Family Health

Sage publications have a reputation for being unfussy, well‐researched and accessible, and in general this is the case with the electronic version of Encyclopedia of Family Health. This new work, two years in the making, explores the role of the family unit or roles in the broadest sense in promoting, preserving or undermining health. Prior to this work, there was an evident gap in the market for information about how conditions relate to a family context.

The set‐up procedure was straightforward and, once access was granted via username and password, logging on to the online interface proved clear and...