Surgery Electives: What to Know Before the Doctor Operates: A Guide for Those Considering Elective Surgery

by John McCabe

Book by McCabe, John This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1884702147
• ISBN13: 9781884702143
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Carmania Books
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A medical resource that can literally save your life.

Anyone considering surgery should read 'Surgery Electives' ASAP. In addition to thousands of listings of health and medical organizations, self-help groups and pertinent books; you'll learn which questions to ask your doctor, how to choose a second-opinion physician, what to expect during your hospital stay, how to correct billing problems, the truth about certain surgical procedures, what to do if something goes wrong, and other essential information. Special section on alternative/holistic therapies and the connection between food and health. A thinking person's frank guide to the medical industry. 'Surgery Electives' is recommended by Pulitzer Prize-nominated author John Robbins. It is also recommended by Safe Medicine for Consumers; Citizens for Health; The New England Patients' Rights Group; CLARION - the newsletter of the International Cesarean Awareness Network; Midwifery Today Magazine; The Y-Me National Center for Breast Cancer Information and Support; Families Advocating Injury Reduction; American Silicone Implant Survivors; Congressman Pete Stark; and Sandra Gilbert, author of "Wrongful Death: A Medical Tradgedy."