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Paperback
Publisher: Free Press
ISBN13: 9780743293013
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Everyone needs to become a smart patient. In fact, in the worst cases, your life may even depend on it. Number one bestselling authors and doctors Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz have written this indispensable handbook to help everyone to get the best health care possible -- by making everyone into their own medical detective.Witty, playful, at times offbeat, but always authoritative, You: The Smart Patient shows you how to become your own medical sleuth, tracing your medical family tree and wending your way through the pitfalls of any health care situation. Written in conjunction with the health care community's leading oversight group, The Joint Commission, the book shows readers in clear, easy steps how to take control of their own health care and deal with all matters that may come up when facing a medical case: from choosing the right doctor, hospital, and insurance company to navigating prescription drugs, specialists, treatment options, alternative medicine, pain management, or any problem that might arise. Accessible, humorous, and filled with information that you need, You: The Smart Patient is a book for every patient and all those dealing with a loved one's medical issues.
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| Humor w/ info |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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Its a great book giving ideas of how to gain control over your own health care & be an advocate for yourself in a polite respectable manner towards the medical team.
It presents ideas with humor, along with identifying faults, problems, facts about the healthcare systems.
I purchases this book the very week I Realized I will be seeing doctors often due to health concerns and I could already see that not much would be done if I didn't push for it. You the patient have to care for yourself & be smart.
This book was very helpful
Eva D
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| You the Smart Patient |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I liked this book. Very easy read, covers everything well. The do's and don'ts are easy to follow and remember.
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| Being a Smart Patient |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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This is a good book and has lots of helpful information to help us patients on the care we need and deserve.
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| You...the Smart Patient |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This is a must-read before another visit to the doctor's office or any hospital. Just reading it gives YOU a sense of empowerment. It's loaded with common sense information designed to guide YOU into becoming more proactive in your own health care. Keep it handy.
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| Incredibly useful for the newly diagnosed |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I bought this book some time ago, but never got around to reading it until I needed the information urgently. I read it cover to cover before passing it on to a family member recently diagnosed with cancer. It was incredibly useful and empowering while navigating the healthcare system for an new problem. We used many of the suggestions from the book during a hospital visit.
The sections on researching a hospital and getting a second opinion had the most dramatic impact on us. Using the recommendations in the book, we were able to find a leading specialist not too far away who had a treatment plan that was less grim (no radiation or chemo) with a better prognosis! Even if we hadn't had such a positive outcome, the book would have been just as useful in that it provides guidance on how to proceed during a very difficult time.
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