“Excuse me, Doctor…: uses stories, checklists and tips to make every reader into their own best patient advocate. Written by a Harvard-educated physician with 20 years of caring for and empowering patients, the book makes it easy to understand:
- Why people get sick
- How to stay well and managing your own health with the 5 Self-Health Actions
- How to find and choose the right practitioner for yourself
- Who the various types of primary doctors, specialists and alternative practitioners are and what they can help you with
- Complementary and alternative treatments that have been demonstrated by research to help certain conditions
- Healthcare reform and choosing your own health insurance
- Paying for health costs, with guidance on everything from benefitting from your health insurance to negotiating doctor and hospital bills
- How to mentally be prepare to take charge of your own health & healthcare
….and much, much more
This is not a one-time read. You will continue to reference this book to find answers to your pressing health care issues and will also undoubtedly recommend it to friends and family.
