Your doctor's mistakes: ways to spot them and what to do next
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Researching an illness and paying attention are ways to help spot medical errors. Errors can include a wrong diagnosis, a prescription mistake, or a surgical error. Tips are given on what a patient can do. These range from filing a complaint with a clinic or a state licensing board, to suing.
Publication Name: New Choices: Living Even Better After 50
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 1085-1003
Year: 1997
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9 important things your doctor may not know - and what you can do to get the best possible health care
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Some health conditions, such as high blood, arthritis, muscle stiffness and back pain, can be treated with nondrug options. Pain, on the other hand, can be treated with preemptive analgesia and patient-controlled analgesia.
Publication Name: New Choices: Living Even Better After 50
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 1085-1003
Year: 1998
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When your doctors disagree
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Elderly patients can decide for themselves when faced with conflicting advice from doctors. Learning about the diagnosis, treatments and the financial incentives and acquiring a third medical opinion is recommended.
Publication Name: New Choices: Living Even Better After 50
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 1085-1003
Year: 1996
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