The empowered patient
Subtitle: how to get the right diagnosis, buy the cheapest drugs, beat your insurance company, and get the best medical care every time
By: Elizabeth Cohen
Publisher: Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780345513748
Subjects: Patient education; Health counseling; Patient Education As Topic; Patient Participation
Description: "Combining the personal stories of patients across America with crucial advice on receiving the best possible health care, this guide will enable you to confront and often confusing and perilous system--and come out ahead" --Cover, p. 4.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-208) and index.
Table of contents: title: How to be a "bad patient"; title: How to find Dr. Right (and fire Dr. Wrong); title: Don't leave a doctor's appointment saying "Huh?"; title: How to avoid a misdiagnosis; title: How to become an Internet MD (medical detective); title: You vs. the insurance industry; title: How to get good drugs cheap; title: Don't fall for medical marketing; title: Don't let a hospital kill you.