Disease management sourcebook : basic consumer health information about coping with chronic and serious illnesses, navigating the health care system, communicating with health care providers, assessing health care quality, and making informed health care decisions, including facts about second opinions, hospitalization, surgery, and medications ; along with a section about children with chronic conditions, information about legal, financial, and insurance issues, a glossary of related terms, and directories of additional resources.
Pt. 1. Facts about serious and chronic illnesses -- pt. 2. Working with healthcare providers and the healthcare system -- pt. 3. Health literacy and making informed health decisions -- pt. 4. Prescription (Rx) and over-the-counter (OTC) medications -- pt. 5. Managing chronic disease -- pt. 6. Children and chronic disease -- pt. 7. Legal, financial, and insurance issues that impact disease management -- pt. 8. Additional help and information.
Summary:
"Provides basic consumer health information about managing serious and chronic illness, navigating the health care system and finding and evaluating health information, patient rights and responsibilities, assistive technologies, and tips for dealing with legal, financial, and health insurance matters. Includes index, online access, glossary of related terms, and other resources"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.