Healthcare Choices (eBook)

5 Steps to Getting the Medical Care You Want and Need

Archelle Georgiou (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
208 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6034-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Making medical decisions is overwhelming. Dr. Archelle Georgiou has helped thousands of people make choices that balance the best medical options with individual preferences. Now she shares her 5-step formula so you can make smart decisions tailored to the care you want and need.

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Making healthcare decisions is hard, but making the right choices has never mattered more.Healthcare Choices: 5 Steps to Getting the Care You Want and Needgives you the tools you need to choose the best medical carefor you. Archelle Georgiou, MD, explainsher CARES model, the formula she developed to help family, friends, and thousands of television viewers make smart healthcare decisions that balance the best medical options with individual preferences. Using more than 30 real-life stories and insider tips, she demonstrates how to use this step-by-step guide to access the medical information you need to evaluate your options and make well-informed choices. Whether you are addressing a life-threatening illness, self-managing a minor ailment, selecting a doctor, or buying insurance, Georgiou's roadmap shows you how to be an active participant in your care.Her ';go to' approach describes how to: Identify all treatment options for an illness, including those not mentioned by your doctor.Make treatment decisions that reflect your priorities and preferences.Find the best doctor to treat your condition. Communicate with your doctor and make shared treatment decisions.Choose the health insurance plan that's right for you. Maintain a voice in your lifestyle as you age.Healthcare Choiceswill give you the confidence to advocate for the healthcare you want, need, and deserve.

Autor

Archelle Georgiou, MD, is a nationally recognized physician and consumer advocate. As former Chief Medical Officer of UnitedHealthcare, she changed the company’s policies and eliminated the bureaucratic hassles that managed care companies impose on patients and physicians. She uses the media as a vehicle to educate consumers about their health and has a regular health news segment on KSTP-TV in Minneapolis. Archelle is an Executive in Residence at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management.

Inhalt

Foreword by Dan Buettner Acknowledgements1: The Journey From Healthcare to Health2: Changing Complacency to Confidence3: The Power of Preferences Over Thought Traps4: Bring Personal Priorities to Medical Care5: Sorting Through Alternative Care6: Aging With Control7: Selecting Your Healthcare A-Team8: Power Shopping for Health Insurance9: Using CARES Every Day10: The CARES Model At A Glance

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.2.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
• Schlagworte: aging • Health and aging • Healthcare • Health Care • Health Care Choices • Illness • Medical Care • Medical Care Choices • medical decisions
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-6034-3 / 1442260343
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-6034-4 / 9781442260344