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Author Cohen, Elizabeth, 1935-

Title The empowered patient : how to get the right diagnosis, buy the cheapest drugs, beat your insurance company, and get the best medical care every time / Elizabeth Cohen.

Publication Info. New York : Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, [2010]
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  615.5071 COH    Storage
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  615.5071 COH    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  615.5071 COHEN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  615.5071 CO    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 216 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-208) and index.
Summary "Combining the personal stories of patients across America with crucial advice on receiving the best possible health care, this guide will enable you to confront and often confusing and perilous system--and come out ahead" --Cover, p. 4.
Contents How to be a "bad patient" -- How to find Dr. Right (and fire Dr. Wrong) -- Don't leave a doctor's appointment saying "Huh?" -- How to avoid a misdiagnosis -- How to become an Internet MD (medical detective) -- You vs. the insurance industry -- How to get good drugs cheap -- Don't fall for medical marketing -- Don't let a hospital kill you.
Subject Patient education.
Health counseling.
Patient Education as Topic.
Patient Participation.
ISBN 9780345513748 paperback alkaline paper
0345513746 paperback alkaline paper
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