Every minute of every day, in thousands of doctor office visits, there is information people should know about their medical condition that is not being discussed. People often forget key questions to ask about their condition or sometimes don't even know the right questions at all. Top 5 Questions to Ask Your Doctor gives you questions that have been submitted and reviewed by hundreds of primary care doctors, specialists, nurses, medical students, and patients. If these simple questions are asked at the time of your visit then the basics of your medical condition will be adequately covered, and you will walk away knowing more, and being more confident about your health.
About the authors:
Jim Sutton has been a practicing Family Practice Physician Assistant for 23 years.He graduated from the University of Washington Physician Assistant program in 1987 and completed a residency in Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine in 1993.He has spent his career serving vulnerable patients in Los Angeles, the Middle East and now in urban Rochester, New York, for Rochester General Health System.He is an Adjunct Clinical Professor for Rochester Institute of Technology and teaches Physician Assistant students in family medicine at Clinton Family Health Center in Rochester.
Sagar Nigwekar is a practicing Board Certified Internal Medicine physician at Rochester General Hospital.He graduated from the University of Mumbai, India and subsequently completed his post-graduate training at the Rochester General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program. He was Chief Medical Resident at Rochester General Hospital in 2005.Since then he has been teaching medical students and resident physicians at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.He has recently been selected to join Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital Nephrology Division (Harvard Medical School). He also conducts translational and clinical research in the areas of hypertension and kidney disease.
Review: This is pretty much a hard book to review, as you only really can tell how good of a book it is, when you NEED it, ie you have a major medical problem. THEN you could tell better how much it was a good reference guide.
Now I'm not sure if it's lucky, or unlucky, that I had an infection this past week that was in the book. There are 133 conditions/diseases covered in the book, so there are alot of minor ones, like tooth ache, tendonitis, ear pain, plus the majors like mitral valve prolapse, chest pains, diabetes. I was able to go thru a couple of different topics and know which doctor I needed to see, and be able to ask her questions I would normally not have thought of, like how much water SHOULD I be drinking with this medication, and will I actually KNOW if the treatment is working, or is a follow up with testing the only way to confirm. My doctor was happy I was asking the right questions and by giving her info based on the questions in the book, she had an easier time making the right diagnosis. A win-win situation for us both.
I would highly recommend this book for families to have on hand- first as a reference at home to see do you need to go to doctor or not (symptoms listed at the start of every condition), then secondly to take with you, as you know you ALWAYS have to wait at the ER or doctor's office, so you would have time to read up on your problem before seeing the doctor and be able to ask the right questions! PLUS as it is a small paperback, it can easily fit in a purse!
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compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for
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