SECTION I - Your Health And How To Keep It     CHAP 1 - Going Beyond An Apple a Day: How to Remain Healthy CHAP 2 - Health Headlines: Maki ng Sense of Medical Stories in the News CHAP 3 - How You Can Give Your Baby a Head Start in Life CHAP 4 - Medical Care for Your Child-No Child’s Play CHAP 5 - Growing Old, But Keeping Fit CHAP 6 - Caregiving: Taking Care of Elders CHAP 7 - Living Well with Chronic Illness CHAP 8 - Self-Care: Handling Common Medical Problems at Home CHAP 9 - How to Keep Fit While Travelling CHAP 10 - How Not to Get Quacked CHAP 11 - Alternative Medicine: Exploring Your Options CHAP 12 - The Healthy Community: One for All, All for One TOP     SECTION II - You and Your Doctor     CHAP 13 - Looking for Dr Right CHAP 14 - How to Make the Most of Your Doctor CHAP 15 - How to Talk Intelligently to Your Doctor CHAP 16 - Using the Telephone Wisely CHAP 17 - Making Friends with the Clinic Staff CHAP 18 - A Second Opinion: A Prime Necessity CHAP 19 - Specialists: A Class Apart CHAP 20 - The Ideal Doctor's Code of Practice TOP     SECTION III - Becoming an Empowered Patient - Making the Doctor-Patient Partnership Work     CHAP 21 - The Responsibilities of a Patient: Quite a Load ! CHAP 22 - Your Rights as a Patient CHAP 23 - Your Medical Records: Vital Statistics CHAP 24 - Beware of Medical Care! CHAP 25 - Checking up the Medical Check up CHAP 26 - Medspeak - Making Sense of Medical Jargon CHAP 27 - Support Groups - Self-Help Is the Best Help CHAP 28 - Sources of Information: How to Research Your Medical Problem CHAP 29 - New Technology in Medicine: Handle with Care CHAP 30 - How to Prevent ‘Testitis’ CHAP 31 - Making Decisions about Treatment CHAP 32 - Medical Insurance CHAP 33 - Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: How to Balance the Medical Budget CHAP 34 - Informed Consent: A Crucial Factor CHAP 35 - How to Complain Effectively: The Legal Options TOP     SECTION IV - Your Medicines and You     CHAP 36 - Medicines : Boon or Bane? CHAP 37 - Over-the-Counter Drugs: How to use them wisely CHAP 38 - Coping with Side-Effects CHAP 39 - Preventing Medication Errors: A Vital Precaution CHAP 40 - ‘Prescription’ for a Healthy Medicine Cabinet TOP     SECTION V - A User-friendly Guide to the Hospital     CHAP 41 - On the way to the Operation Theatre– what you should ask your doctor before undergoing surgery CHAP 42 - The Kinder Cut: Surgery Made Easy CHAP 43 - The Importance of Emergency Care CHAP 44 - How to Make a Hospital Hospitable CHAP 45 - Intensive Care or Insensitive Care? CHAP 46 - Death with Dignity TOP     SECTION VI - Appendixes     Appendix 1 – Your Medical History Record Appendix 2 - Key Questions to Ask Your Doctor Appendix 3 - Detailed information about your medical problem – delivered to your doorstep ! TOP     Home | About us | Books | For Doctors | For Patients | Humor | Contact us | Sitemap Designed and maintained by MiracleworX Web Design Search