Relax! It's Only Your Doctor's Waiting Room, Not The E.r.: Or How To Get Along With And Understand Your Doctor

Marvin Ackerman

Gom Publishing, LLC, Aug 31, 2004 - Medical - 300 pages

Dr. Ackerman provides helpful insights and answers to the important medical issues that affect you, including: - How Well Informed Is Your Healthcare Provider? - Misguided Media Coverage - When the Final Decision Can Only Be Made By You - Doing Your Own Research When Your Doctor Can't or Won't - How to Detect Fakery and Deal with Unusual Approaches - When Making a Decision Seems Impossible - You, Big Business and the Profit Motive - Everyone Knows of Some Alternative Approach, But is it for You - When Is It Probably Okay to Use a Generic Medication? - What About All Those Medicines I'm Taking? - Is It Better to Change Medication That Isn't Helping Much, Or Change Your Lifestyle? - How Should You Approach Medical Problems If You're A Worrier? - What Should You Do If You're Afraid to Find Out The Truth About Your Health? - Be Wary of Bargain Medicines or Medical Devices - When It Comes to Your Medicine's Side Effects, Usually, You Can Never Be Too Well Informed - The Best Medicine for You Today May Not Be the Best Tomorrow - Medical Ethics and You - and Much More!

Contents

• II: 1
• III: 17
• IV: 23
• V: 31
• VI: 39
• VII: 47
• VIII: 55
• IX: 69
• X: 79
• XI: 93
• XII: 107
• XIII: 115
• XIV: 123
• XV: 129
• XVI: 137
• XVII: 143
• XVIII: 151
• XIX: 157
• XX: 163
• XXI: 173
• XXII: 181
• XXIII: 189
• XXIV: 195
• XXV: 203
• XXVI: 209
• XXVII: 215
• XXVIII: 221
• XXIX: 225
• XXX: 231
• XXXI: 237
• XXXII: 243
• XXXIII: 249
• XXXIV: 255

Bibliographic information

• Title: Relax! It's Only Your Doctor's Waiting Room, Not The E.r.: Or How To Get Along With And Understand Your Doctor
• Author: Marvin Ackerman
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Gom Publishing, LLC, 2004
• ISBN: 1932966072, 9781932966077
• Length: 300 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Physician & Patient