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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9781885221964 Format: Large Print, Unknown format ISBN: 1885221967 Label: Bookpartners Manufacturer: Bookpartners Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 179 Publication Date: January 01, 1999 Publisher: Bookpartners Studio: Bookpartners Average Rating:
 Rating: - A great gift for anyone facing a major health challengeI just wish I had had this book when my mother was fighting cancer. It's a winner. Concise, well written, and packed with valuable information and suggestions on understanding and managing one's interaction with the medical world, this book makes a great gift for someone facing a health challenge - or for yourself. You or your friend will certainly find this book more useful than a potted plant or a hot casserole. I am not facing a health challenge, but found this book ... Read More Rating: - Easy to read w/lots of practical tips!Informative book with many practical tips for people with serious health problems or chronic diseases. I especially like chapter 3...Getting It Together, regarding putting together a medical resume. This is great advice for people who are seeing multiple physicians. I wish this book had been available when I was visiting several neurologists prior to the diagnosis of essential tremor. Rating: - don't wait till you need the info to read this bookThis is a fabulous "hands on" read - simple, direct and succinct. Not a lot of medical jargon. Touches topics we all need to consider such as "If You Are Having Problems With Your Doctor" and a sample letter for changing doctors within the same practice. There's also one if you choose to go outside the medical practice. The authors offer a pragmatic sensitive approach to daily hassles such as navigating the insurance company maze, and what to do when you and your doctor disagree. Get this book ... Read More Rating: - This book will help guide you through the medical maze.It is clear to me from personal experience that it is very difficult, even for a physician, to navigate the medical care maze. A physician, however, is usually armed with the ability to make decisions based on a background of extensive medical training. In most cases, patients are passive subjects who must trust that their physicians and their system are making the correct decisions for them. This trust must exist in the current medical economic climate of cost containment and the resultant financial ... Read More Rating: - This book helps you be more involved in your own health care"Taking Charge of Your Health" is a valuable resource that will help anyone dealing with a significant illness learn about what questions to ask, where to get more information, how to avoid numerous potential problems, how to deal with the insurance and medical systems, how to cope with the stresses and emotional aspects - in all, how to be more involved in the decisions that affect your health care.- Jeffrey Lindenbaum, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Washington |
