Taking Charge of Your Own Health is a how-to-guide for the health-conscious seeking diagnosis, treatment, and even illness prevention. Why take charge of your own health? Here are the realities of today’s health care:
* Less personal medical attention due to cost-cutting and regulation
* A 40 percent national misdiagnosis rate, per recent surveys
*A critical need for people to take responsibility for their own care
Targeting these issues, author Lisa Hall—whose debilitating condition took nearly ten years to properly diagnose—offers a wide variety of practical resources to empower patients. Hall’s experience is buttressed by the expertise of internal-medicine doctor Ronald Wyatt, a fellow of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
Readers will find valuable guidance on how to find the right kind of doctor, check physician credentials, and increase benefits of office visits maximize Internet research navigate medical insurance, Medicare, workers’ compensation, and Social Security disability reduce vulnerability to hospital mistakes
organize medical records. The author encourages readers to move forward step by step—and to look back and see God’s plan taking shape through the difficulties.
About the Author
Lisa Hall is a passionate patient advocate as a result of her nearly ten-year search for correct diagnosis and treatment for her medical condition. She is also the author of Taking Charge of Your Own Health. Her professional experience is in human resources (MS in industrial relations), and she now works as a corporate trainer. An avid runner, she just completed her first half-marathon. Lisa makes her home in Alabama.
Product Details:
Title: Taking Charge of Your Own Health
Subtitle: Navigating Your Way Through Diagnosis, Treatment, Insurance and More!
Author: Lisa Hall
Dimension: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
Binding: Softcover
No. of Pages: 256 pages
ISBN 971-0453-21-1
Regular Price: P195.00/copy
Christmas Sale Price: P99.95/copy
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