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Index
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I
Everyday Medical and Health Concerns
Chapter 1
Taking Control of Your Health Care: Or the Wisdom of Second and Third Opinions
Chapter 2
Insurance Companies: Organized Crime or Just Bad Policies?
Chapter 3
An Apple a Day: And Other Things to Protect Your Health When Visiting the Doctor’s Office
Chapter 4
Does Your Kid Really Need that Shot? Protecting Your Children in the System
Chapter 5
The Pharmacy and Prescription Drugs: Or Beware of the Spoonful of Sugar that Helps the “Medicine” Go Down
Chapter 6
Visiting the Emergency Room without Feeling Like a Bit-Player on a Television Drama
Part II
Major Diseases and Long-Term Issues
Chapter 7
A Real Heart-to-Heart About Cardiac Care
Chapter 8
How to Handle the Big C from A to Z: Coping with Cancer Treatment
Chapter 9
Baby Boom or Bust: How to Stroll through Maternity, Neonatal, and Fertility Issues
Chapter 10
You Give Me Fever: Infection and Communicable Diseases
Chapter 11
How to Maintain Some Sanity in the Mental Health System
Part III
The Hospital and Major Procedures
Chapter 12
Hospital Outpatient Visits and How to Make Sure You Actually Get Out!
Chapter 13
Hospital Stays: As Dangerous as a War Zone?
Chapter 14
Medical Tests and How to Avoid becoming a Lab Rat!
Chapter 15
Major Surgeries: Or How to Make Sure You Still Have a Leg to Stand on Afterward!
Part IV
The Future of Medicine
Chapter 16
A Cure for the Medical System
Notes
Resources
Bibliography
About the Author
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