Your Body, Your Health: How to Ask Questions, Find Answers, and Work With Your Doctor [Paperback]

Rowena Sobczyk (Author), Neil B. Shulman (Author), Jane Fonda (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2002

Here is your roadmap to healthcare in the 21st century. With over forty years of experience in directing health policy activities for such major organisations as the Blue Cross Association, the American Pharmaceutical Association, and Georgetown University's Health Policy Center, author Jordan Braverman offers a wealth of knowledge on ten major areas of healthcare: evaluating physicians and their care, finding good dental care, traditional private health insurance, managed care, Medicaid and Medicare, surgery, hospital stays, nursing homes, home and hospice care, and prescription drugs. Encyclopaedic in scope yet designed for ease of use, this definitive reference work will help you make intelligent decisions about your healthcare in respect to both quality of care and affordability.

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"...a good book for teens who want to take charge of their lives..." -- School Library Journal, April 2003

"Its advice is right on target... A useful tome in a home library." -- Sarmatian Review, January 2003

About the Author

NEIL SHULMAN, M.D. is associate professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and Chairman of the Board of the Gesundheit Institute, founded by the real Dr. Patch Adams. Dr. Shulman has published 17 books and has written, produced, and acted in videos and movies, including "Doc Hollywood," starring Michael J. Fox, which is based on Dr. Shulman's novel.

ROWENA SOBCZYK, M.D. has practiced medicine for over 25 years and is currently affiliated with Georgia Institute of Technology's Student Health Services, and is in private practice. She has also served on the medical advisory board for "The Self-Care Advisor" (Time-Life Books) and has published research articles on women's health issues.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Prometheus Books (September 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591020123
• ISBN-13: 978-1591020127
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,713,235 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your Body Your Health, October 31, 2002

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Marianne Cheek (Windermere, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your Body, Your Health: How to Ask Questions, Find Answers, and Work With Your Doctor (Paperback)

Anyone interested in how to manage their own health care and that of their family should have this book. It is a great reference, easy to read manual with information on how to prepare for a visit to the physician, what to expect from your physician, and what all those tests mean in helping your health care giver treat you. The section on health related websites is especially helpful in knowing which sites are reliable.

If your physician is one of those that enters the room, asks a couple of questions while grasping the door knob with one hand expecting a quick exit, this book will teach you how to say "sit, stay until I AM ready for you to go".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great practical guide, November 21, 2002

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Robert M. Parker (parkton, md USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Body, Your Health: How to Ask Questions, Find Answers, and Work With Your Doctor (Paperback)

Most self-help medical books always error in unfriendly med-talk.This is a no-nonsense very informative guide that actually educates the reader in plain English.Not to be missed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Do you want to live longer, be healthier and happier?, November 19, 2002

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Michael Kessler MD (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your Body, Your Health: How to Ask Questions, Find Answers, and Work With Your Doctor (Paperback)

Wow! Dr. Sobczyk has put 20 years of a physician's expetise in one easy to read book. If all my patients read her book and learned to understand what they should look for, how to accuratelty describe their symptoms, what to ask their doctor and how to take care of themselves, ... Do you want to live longer, be healthier and happier? Do you want to lower your medical bills and insurance rates? Here it is...Dr. Sobczyk's Your Body Your Health. This book is to adult health as Dr. Spock and Brazelton are to infant healh and development