Disease management sourcebook : basic consumer health information about coping with chronic and serious illnesses, navigating the healthcare system, communicating with healthcare providers, assessing healthcare quality, and making informed healthcare decisions, including facts about second opinions, hospitalization, surgery, and medications : along with a section about children with chronic conditions, information about legal, financial, and insurance issues, a glossary of related terms, and directories of additional resources.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Omnigraphics, Inc.

Series:

Health reference series.

Health reference series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chronic diseases--Treatment.

Chronic diseases.

Consumer education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 584 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, [2017]

Summary:

"Provides basic consumer health information about managing serious and chronic illness, navigating the health care system and finding and evaluating health information, patient rights and responsibilities, assistive technologies, and tips for dealing with legal, financial, and health insurance matters. Includes index, online access, glossary of related terms, and other resources"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

pt. 1. Facts about serious and chronic illnesses

pt. 2. Working with healthcare providers and the healthcare system

pt. 3. Health literacy and making informed health decisions

pt. 4. Prescription (Rx) and over-the-counter (OTC) medications

pt. 5. Managing chronic disease

pt. 6. Children and chronic disease

pt. 7. Legal, financial, and insurance issues that impact disease management

pt. 8. Additional help and information.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781786842916

1786842912

9780780815469

0780815467

OCLC:

970396742