Patient Power : The Smart Patient's Guide to Health Care / Patricia J. Parsons, Arthur Parsons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parsons, Patricia J., Author.

Parsons, Arthur, Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical personnel and patient.

Medical care.

Consumer education.

Patient education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 187 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"Patient Power is uniquely designed to put a human face on the best and worst aspects of health care; your guide to how the whole system works; the knowledge equalizer in a lopsided relationship with a doctor; the low-down on who does what, what they do and shouldn't do, and what happens to you; and entertaining, informative, and easy to read. Join a cast of characters - doctors, nurses, and patients - who will become your friends and guides as you learn how to get the best piece of the health care pie!"--Jacket

Contents:

Once upon a time ...

The people

The 'good' patient

Who's on first? Doctors?

Angels of mercy? The nurses

Hands off! Those technical people

Hands on! Some others

The alternatives

The process

Medical buzztalk

Tests, tests, and more tests

Drugs

keeping the lid on

High tech reality

Operation necessary?

Second and other opinions

Your medical and physical : past and present

The results

Doctors' dilemmas

Inefficiency and overuse : a system in distress

Demedicalizing social problems

The 'smart' death.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-185).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7805-9

OCLC:

1129216976