Your Body, Your Health: How to Ask Questions, Find Answers, and Work With Your Doctor

by Neil B. Shulman and Jane Fonda

Book Overview

Are you medically literate? Do you have any idea what your doctor looks for during a routine examination, or what questions you should ask during an office visit? If youre like most people, the answer... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591020123
• ISBN13: 9781591020127
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

great practical guide

Most self-help medical books always error in unfriendly med-talk.This is a no-nonsense very informative guide that actually educates the reader in plain English.Not to be missed.

Do you want to live longer, be healthier and happier?

Wow! Dr. Sobczyk has put 20 years of a physician's expetise in one easy to read book. If all my patients read her book and learned to understand what they should look for, how to accuratelty describe their symptoms, what to ask their doctor and how to take care of themselves, ... Do you want to live longer, be healthier and happier? Do you want to lower your medical bills and insurance rates? Here it is...Dr. Sobczyk's Your Body Your Health. This book is to adult health as Dr. Spock and Brazelton are to infant healh and development

Live longer, healthier and happier

Wow!!! Dr. Sobczyk has put 20 years of a physician's expertise in one easy to read book. If all my patients read her book and were able to understand what they should look for, how to accurately describe their symptoms, what to ask their doctor about and how to take care of themselves, I would have the healthiest patient population in the country. Do you want to live longer, be healthier and happier? Do you want to lower your medical bills and insurance rates? Here it is...Dr. Sobczyk's Your Body Your Health. This book is to adult health as Dr. Spock and Dr. Brazelton are to infant healht and development.

Take Control of Your Health

Unlike other health books which deal only with a specific illness or particular health fad, this is a book about how to be involved as a health care consumer. Though the book was written by physicians, the authors encourage readers to stop blindly taking doctor's advice. Sure, your physician has a medical degree and you probably don't, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't be involved -- as the title indicates, it is indeed your body and your health, not your doctor's. Though a reference book, the text is in plain accessible (including a straight-forward, detailed glossary of medical terms). It primarily addresses what goes on during a medical visit from your doctor's perspective and explains how to make the most of that time, how to get your questions in, and work with your doctor to solve your medical problems. In includes information on preventative care, common illnesses at each life stage, troublesome symptoms, explanations of common medical tests, and a list of internet medical resources (as well as explanations of how to separate out reliable internet medical resources from phony ones). It is a book for anyone who has ever left a doctor's appointment feeling more like a witness then an active participant.

Your Body Your Health

Anyone interested in how to manage their own health care and that of their family should have this book. It is a great reference, easy to read manual with information on how to prepare for a visit to the physician, what to expect from your physician, and what all those tests mean in helping your health care giver treat you. The section on health related websites is especially helpful in knowing which sites are reliable. If your physician is one of those that enters the room, asks a couple of questions while grasping the door knob with one hand expecting a quick exit, this book will teach you how to say "sit, stay until I AM ready for you to go".