Special Treatment: How to Get the Same High-Quality Health Care Your Doctor Gets - Couverture rigide

Doctors have a built-in advantage when it comes to getting extra-special medical care. Their knowledge and connections help them to get better faster - and avoid unnecessary risks. Dr. Kevin Soden and Dr. Christine Dumas who report regularly on The Today Show and NBC News national health-care are levelling the health-care playing field so that everyone gets the special treatment they deserve. They explain: * What medical tests your doctor would demand * How your doctor picks a doctor * What doctors know about hospitals * How doctors make decisions about medications physical therapy surgery and more * Even doctors need a second opinion: where they go to get one * How doctors pick a specialist * How doctors bounce back faster after surgery * What doctors know about the Emergency Room * Where your doctor gets the latest medical information so you can too * What doctors know about preventing and treating the top 3 killers of men and women * What doctors know about reducing their risk of the most preventable cancers * What doctors know about living a longer and healthier life