Patient Handbook to Medical CareThis concise, informative handbook provides patients with a doctors perspective on professional healthcare and allows patients to become their own best health advocates. The six chapters are arranged in an order that corresponds with the basic steps of healthcare, covering such things as the importance of keeping a medical diary and maintaining records to what to expect from a doctors visit to how to obtain quality health insurance. The book aims to teach readers to become proactive and to take their health, as much as possible, into their own hands. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER 3 | 33 |
CHAPTER 5 | 55 |
CHAPTER 6 | 79 |
1 | 95 |
Authorization for Release of Information 101 | |
Common terms and phrases
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