Category: Patient Education
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What to Do When Your Doctor Dismisses Your Symptoms
Read More: What to Do When Your Doctor Dismisses Your SymptomsQuick answer: What to do when your doctor doesn’t listen: record your symptoms in writing, ask for a fuller exam…
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How to Prepare for a Doctor’s Appointment: Step by Step
Read More: How to Prepare for a Doctor’s Appointment: Step by StepKnowing how to prepare for a doctor’s appointment starts with gathering a current medication list, recent records and a short…
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Understanding Informed Consent
Read More: Understanding Informed ConsentA nurse hands over a clipboard and says “just sign here.” So what is informed consent? It is an ongoing…
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Can You Record Your Doctor Appointment
Read More: Can You Record Your Doctor AppointmentSituation What applies Planning use One-party consent state (36 states and DC) A conversation can be recorded when one participant…
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How to Get a Second Opinion: Step by Step
Read More: How to Get a Second Opinion: Step by StepSituation First action Planning use Facing surgery, chemotherapy or radiation Ask your current provider to request a second opinion, or…
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How to Read Your Medical Records and Test Results
Read More: How to Read Your Medical Records and Test ResultsSymptom First action Planning use You need a copy of your record Check for a patient portal account, then use…
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Patient Rights During Treatment
Read More: Patient Rights During TreatmentPatient rights in a hospital cover informed consent, refusing treatment, privacy, access to records and the right to complain. Federal…
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How to Describe Your Symptoms to a Doctor
Read More: How to Describe Your Symptoms to a DoctorKnowing how to describe symptoms to a doctor means giving details in a clear order: where the problem is, when…
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Medical Jargon Glossary for Patients
Read More: Medical Jargon Glossary for PatientsSituation Terms to look up Planning use Reading a pathology or test report Benign, biopsy, BRCA, malignant, negative Check these…
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How to Speak Up as a Patient
Read More: How to Speak Up as a PatientSituation What to say or do Planning use An unfamiliar word comes up Ask what it means in everyday words,…