You and Your Doctor: A Guide to a Healing Relationship, with Physicians' Insights

You and Your Doctor: A Guide to a Healing Relationship, with Physicians' Insights

You and Your Doctor: A Guide to a Healing Relationship, with Physicians' Insights

You and Your Doctor: A Guide to a Healing Relationship, with Physicians' Insights

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Overview

Changes in the healthcare field have threatened the once sacred relationship between patient and physician. While much has been written for physicians and other healthcare providers on the subject of the doctor-patient relationship, information tailored for patients remains lacking. This volume offers practical information to help patients make the most of their interaction with their doctors. Among the topics are finding the right physician, gaining telephone access, ensuring good communication between health care providers, protecting personal information, seeking a second opinion, and using walk-in clinics. In-depth interviews with primary care physicians and medical specialists provide a unique perspective on issues of importance to patients, from pediatrics to geriatrics.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786462933
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 06/04/2012
Series: McFarland Health Topics
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Tania Heller, M.D., is a board-certified pediatrician and the medical director of the Washington Center for Eating Disorders and Adolescent Obesity in Bethesda, Maryland www.washingtoncenteronline.com. She is the author of four other books. Elaine A. Moore has worked in hospital laboratories for more than 30 years, primarily in immunohematology and toxicology. She is a freelance medical writer and laboratory consultant. For more information, visit her website at www.elaine-moore.com. She lives in Sedalia, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments      viii
Preface     

1. Understanding the Doctor-Patient Relationship     
2. The Pediatrician-Family Relationship     
3. Adolescence     
4. Internal Medicine and Family Practice     
5. Geriatrics     
6. Challenging Situations     
7. Technology and the Doctor-Patient Relationship     
8. Interviews with Specialists     
9. How to Find the Right Physician     
10. Making the Relationship Work     
11. Conclusion: My Reflections     

Glossary     
Resources     
Bibliography     
Index     
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