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1 online resource (234 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Front Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Language of Medicine: Sit, Stay, Diagnose!; Chapter 2. Medical Professionals: You Can't Tell the Players without a Program; Chapter 3. Ambulances: You Wanna Go where Everybody Knows Your Number; Chapter 4. Hospitals: What You Really Need to Know before You Gotta Go; Chapter 5. The Admission: You Are Going In! You Are Going In!; Chapter 6. About Drugs: The Dosage Makes It Either a Poison or a Remedy; Chapter 7. Medical Mistakes: To Err Is Human, but You Still Need a Lawyer. |
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Chapter 8. The Business of Medicine: The Best Things in Life Are Free, but I Still Need Your Co-payChapter 9. The Future: How Foggy Is My Crystal Ball?; References; Index; Back Cover. |
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Do you really need to pay that outstanding balance with the hospital? Do you know the differences between a nurse practitioner, a physician's assistant, a physician, and a paramedic? Did you realize that not all hospitals can treat your stroke, heart attack, or trauma with equal speed and effectiveness? How should you negotiate and appeal a hospital charge? Can you do anything to minimize the medical mistakes that your provider might commit?In Prepare to Defend Yourself ... How to Navigate the Healthcare System and Escape with Your Life, Matthew Minson, a physician an. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Medical care -- United States -- Popular works.
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Medical care. |
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United States. |
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Popular works.
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Patient participation -- United States.
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Patient participation. |
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Medical personnel and patient -- United States.
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Medical personnel and patient. |
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Electronic books.
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Medical care. |
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Print version: Minson, Matthew. Prepare to Defend Yourself ... How to Navigate the Healthcare System and Escape with Your Life. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2014 9781623491154 |
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9781623491628 (electronic book) |
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1623491622 (electronic book) |
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9781623491154 (paper, with flaps ; alkaline paper) |
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1623491150 (paper, with flaps ; alkaline paper) |
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