The take-charge patient how you can get the best medical care

Main Author:	Ehrenclou, Martine.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Monica, CA : Lemon Grove Press, c2012.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Physician and patient. Patient participation. Self-care, Health. Consumer education.

Physical Description:	xiii, 304 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]) and index.
ISBN:	0981524036 (pbk.) 9780981524030 (pbk.)
Author Notes:	Martine Ehrenclou, MA., is an award-winning author, patient advocate and speaker. Her first book, the critically acclaimed Critical Conditions: The Essential Hospital Guide To Get Your Loved One Out Alive, received 15 awards. Through her books, media interviews, articles, blog and lectures, Martine's mission is to bring to light the importance of being an advocate for our loved ones and ourselves in order to receive the best medical care. Six months into her research for this book, Martine developed debilitating chronic pain and used every strategy in this book. She went from an advocate for others to an advocate for herself and became her own "take-charge patient." After eleven doctors failed to diagnose her correctly, Martine found her own diagnosis and the surgeon to treat her. She is now pain free.