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The Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get the Best Medical Care

Autor Martine Ehrenclou
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2012

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The Take-Charge Patient Puts the Expertise of 200 Medical Professionals in Your Hands. Frustrated or confused about how to get good medical care? In her newest book, The Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get The Best Medical Care, (winner of 18 book awards) author and patient advocate, Martine Ehrenclou, empowers patients to become proactive, well informed participants in their own care. With advice and personal stories from over 200 doctors, nurses, pharmacists, health psychologists, patients and more, The Take-Charge Patient reveals insider information on how to cut through the red tape and navigate today's complex health care system with confidence. Ehrenclou empowers readers with vital information on how to find the right doctor, how to communicate effectively with doctors, how to prepare for medical appointments, prevent medical errors and medication mistakes, obtain discounted medication, manage your health insurance, and much more. The Take-Charge Patient will forever change how you act as a patient and thereby vastly improve the quality of the medical care you receive. Six months into her research for The Take-Charge Patient, Martine Ehrenclou developed debilitating, chronic pain and used every strategy in her new book. She went from author and advocate for others to an advocate for herself and became a take-charge patient. After eleven doctors failed to diagnose her correctly, Martine found her own diagnosis and the correct surgeon to treat her. She is now pain free. According to Ehrenclou, your health care is a team sport. The Take-Charge Patient shows you how to take charge of what you can and become an effective player. Martine Ehrenclou has also written the 16 award-winning Critical Conditions: The Essential Hospital. Guide to Get Your Loved One Out Alive (Lemon Grove Press). Ehrenclou writes monthly articles for several health websites, national magazines, and is interviewed regularly on national TV and radio such as ABC News, ABC World News, Woman's Day, Family Circle, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Publishers Weekly, and many more. She frequently lectures on how to be an advocate for yourself and your loved ones at universities, hospitals and various organizations.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780981524030
ISBN-10: 0981524036
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 150 x 226 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Lemon Grove Press LLC

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"The Take-Charge Patient should be considered the Bible of the 'participatory medicine movement.' It is written for easy understanding, with every topic a patient, caregiver, or advocate could think of. Checklists which make organization simplified to assist anyone going to a doctor or facing a complex diagnosis. The government and every health insurance company should give this book to their consumer/patients." (David Lee Scher, MD, FACP, FACC, FHRS) This book is exactly what I would expect such a work to be. It is well written, informative, full of surprises and specific recommendations on how to deal with them. The language is simple enough that any high school graduate can understand it, but has enough depth to satisfy the most educated non-medical reader. I would give it a ten if the scale went that high. However, since the scale only goes to five, I will have to settle for that. I was half way through this book when I had a relatively minor medical emergency. I had not even finished the books' recommendations and I started using them. They worked. I am not recommending that you ignore half the book, but my personal experience is that if you take the book's recommendations and use them, you will get better care. That is the intent of this book. In my personal case, I can verify that it succeeded. Much of the advice is obvious once you read it, but often ignored and not acted upon. Each chapter ends with a list of specific action items in textbook fashion. This is a brilliant presentation. At the end of each chapter, the reader is given a specific list of tasks to accomplish for themselves and their loved ones. These lists, based on the chapters that precede them, set this book apart. While most of the advice is obvious, some of it is less so. One example that jumped out at me comes near the end of the book. In today's often agnostic society, we tend to forget the power of the clergy. Even those who have distanced themselves from religious institution

A brilliant and powerful roadmap for our success. The Take Charge Patient masterfully assists us in knowing how to take care of ourselves medically in this very challenging world.-- Debbie Robins. M.A., Huffington Post Consider this book your healthcare GPS an essential reference and toolkitfilled with practical advice on navigating this country's complex medical system. Put this at the top of your reading list!
-- Zouhdi Hajjaj, MD, Internal Medicine
Martine Ehrenclou has produced the best practical step-by-step guide for patients and caregivers ever written. The Take Charge Patient not only explains the medical treatment landscape but, in simple language, explains exactly what the patient must do to navigate the health care system. It isn t if but when each of us will face this ourselves or in our family. The Take Charge Patient is probably the most important book you will ever add to your library.-- Wayne Parsons, Attorney, Board of Governors American Association for Justice
"Chapter excerpt from The Take-Charge Patient published on KevinMD, April 6, 2012 ""An excerpt from "The Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get The Best Medical Care" (Lemon Grove Press) which will be released May 15, 2012. "Your Relationship with Your Doctor""A good relationship with your physician can lead to better medical care."" -Zouhdi A. Hajjaj, MD, internal Medicine, Yarmouthport, MAYour relationship with your doctor is an important one that can last for many years. It is a partnership. You and your doctor collaborate to maintain your good health and to treat any medical conditions, illnesses or injuries that occur. A good doctor-patient relationship includes mutual trust, respect and good communication.CommunicationCommunication is one of the major components of a good relationship with your doctor. If you and your doctor don't communicate well this increases the probability for medical errors, erodes trust, and can ultimately compromise your medical care.Good communica

What role can patients play if they want to get the best medical care? The answers are in this excellent book. Martine Ehrenclou has provided very useful recommendations for people to maximize their chances of getting the best medical care they can. Utilizing the recommendations and patient safety checklists in this book is the best way to influence your doctor to treat you in the most appropriate way possible. You need to influence your doctor to make the effort to give you the best care he can.-- Larry Miller, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine This useful book provides a roadmap to help patients to navigate the health care system and regain control. Martine Ehrenclou provides a balanced set ofsuggestions for things to do and not to do all organized intocommon-sense categories and simple checklists. And she has road-tested virtually all of it herself. This book explains how you can become your own best advocate, and improve your chances to benefit from the care you receive.-- Albert W. Wu, MD, MPH, Professor/Director, Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A brilliant and powerful roadmap for our success. The Take Charge Patient masterfully assists us in knowing how to take care of ourselves medically in this very challenging world.-- Debbie Robins. M.A., Huffington Post wholeheartedly recommended to anyone who wants to take charge of their medical care. The Take-Charge Patient provides insider information that is a powerful resource for patients and caregivers alike. It empowers you to be proactive, and will be a valued book on my shelf for a long time to come.--On My Bookshelf An excellent resource for patients. Comprehensive and thorough, The Take-Charge Patient provides patients with informed checklists to ensure they get the best care possible. --Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM, Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

"The Take-Charge Patient should be considered the Bible of the 'participatory medicine movement.' It is written for easy understanding, with every topic a patient, caregiver, or advocate could think of. Checklists which make organization simplified to assist anyone going to a doctor or facing a complex diagnosis. The government and every health insurance company should give this book to their consumer/patients." (David Lee Scher, MD, FACP, FACC, FHRS)

Notă biografică

Martine Ehrenclou is an award-winning author, freelance journalist, and patient advocate. Her newest health book, The Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get The Best Medical Care, is the winner of 18 book awards and empowers readers to become proactive and effective participants in their own healthcare. Through her books, lectures, and published articles, Martine reveals insider information on how to interact effectively with medical professionals and navigate the healthcare system with confidence. Martine regularly publishes articles on topics of patient empowerment, patient advocacy, patient engagement, patient safety, the partnership between physicians and patients, and other health/medical related issues. She has been interviewed on national TV and radio, for magazines, newspapers and websites, including NBC News, ABC News, CBS News, NPR, Prevention Magazine, Woman's Day, MORE Magazine, Family Circle, and many more. Martine lectures at universities, health organizations, disease organizations, and hospitals. She is also the author of Critical Conditions: The Essential Hospital Guide To Get Your Loved One Out Alive, which won 16 book awards. She received her Masters degree with honors in psychology from Pepperdine University, Los Angeles and earned a certificate in patient advocacy from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

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