Health Care Self Defense puts the truth out front. Consumers prefer to be viewed as victims of the health care system. Everyone but the consumer is made to feel responsible for managing the consumer’s health. Institutionalized victimization is what it’s called. We want to blame everyone else but ourselves for our health care outcomes.
Serious content with out the serious tone; this book is fun and easy to read. Quickly learn how to manage your patient appointment times, learn that asking questions is the best defense, learn how to collect and organize information, and finally learn that health care literacy is the only true answer for getting consistent high quality care at acceptable costs. Just like computer literacy dominated education in the last century, health care literacy is the 21st century’s new call to action
Written by a health care consumer, for other health care consumers, Health Care Self Defense is a one of a kind book. The contents are an Action Plan for consumers who don’t want the details of disease but want to learn how to utilize the health care system more efficiently Required reading before your next doctor’s appointment.
Health Care Self Defense can empower, enlighten, and even enrage those who read it. Become engaged in health care, practice Health Care Self Defense
