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Author Minson, Matthew

Title Prepare to Defend Yourself... How to Navigate the Healthcare System and Escape with Your Life
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (234 pages)
Contents Front Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Language of Medicine: Sit, Stay, Diagnose!; Chapter 2. Medical Professionals: You Can't Tell the Players without a Program; Chapter 3. Ambulances: You Wanna Go where Everybody Knows Your Number; Chapter 4. Hospitals: What You Really Need to Know before You Gotta Go; Chapter 5. The Admission: You Are Going In! You Are Going In!; Chapter 6. About Drugs: The Dosage Makes It Either a Poison or a Remedy; Chapter 7. Medical Mistakes: To Err Is Human, but You Still Need a Lawyer
Chapter 8. The Business of Medicine: The Best Things in Life Are Free, but I Still Need Your Co-payChapter 9. The Future: How Foggy Is My Crystal Ball?; References; Index; Back Cover
Summary Do you really need to pay that outstanding balance with the hospital? Do you know the differences between a nurse practitioner, a physician's assistant, a physician, and a paramedic? Did you realize that not all hospitals can treat your stroke, heart attack, or trauma with equal speed and effectiveness? How should you negotiate and appeal a hospital charge? Can you do anything to minimize the medical mistakes that your provider might commit?In Prepare to Defend Yourself ... How to Navigate the Healthcare System and Escape with Your Life, Matthew Minson, a physician an
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Subject Medical care -- United States -- Popular works
Patient participation -- United States
Medical personnel and patient -- United States
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Atlases.
MEDICAL -- Essays.
MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
Medical care
Medical personnel and patient
Patient participation
United States
Genre/Form Popular works
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781623491628
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9781623491154
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