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Healthcare Choices: 5 Steps to Getting the Medical Care You Want and Need
Making healthcare decisions is hard, but making the right choices has never mattered more.
Healthcare 5 Steps to Getting the Care You Want and Need gives you the tools you need to choose the best medical care—for you. Archelle Georgiou, MD, explains her CARES model, the formula she developed to help family, friends, and thousands of television viewers make smart healthcare decisions that balance the best medical options with individual preferences. Using more than 30 real-life stories and insider tips, she demonstrates how to use this step-by-step guide to access the medical information you need to evaluate your options and make well-informed choices. Whether you are addressing a life-threatening illness, self-managing a minor ailment, selecting a doctor, or buying insurance, Georgiou’s roadmap shows you how to be an active participant in your care.
Her “go to” approach describes how
Maintain a voice in your lifestyle as you age.
Healthcare Choiceswill give you the confidence to advocate for the healthcare you want, need, and deserve.
Healthcare 5 Steps to Getting the Care You Want and Need gives you the tools you need to choose the best medical care—for you. Archelle Georgiou, MD, explains her CARES model, the formula she developed to help family, friends, and thousands of television viewers make smart healthcare decisions that balance the best medical options with individual preferences. Using more than 30 real-life stories and insider tips, she demonstrates how to use this step-by-step guide to access the medical information you need to evaluate your options and make well-informed choices. Whether you are addressing a life-threatening illness, self-managing a minor ailment, selecting a doctor, or buying insurance, Georgiou’s roadmap shows you how to be an active participant in your care.
Her “go to” approach describes how
Maintain a voice in your lifestyle as you age.
Healthcare Choiceswill give you the confidence to advocate for the healthcare you want, need, and deserve.
208 pages, Hardcover
Published February 16, 2017
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April 30, 2018
I can't recommend this book. I guess, maybe, if you have no experience on the Internet or with the American healthcare system AT ALL, or if you are 26 and about to get kicked off the insurance your parents were lucky enough to even have, then, sure, go ahead and peruse this. No mention of what you should/can do to navigate the system if you have Medicaid and can't get any doctors to see you, or if you DON'T have Medicaid because your stupid vindictive governor didn't take the option. This book is written for people who have estate planners, fir god's sake.
Essentially her advice boils down to 'go on MayoClinic.org to find out more about your condition before you go to the doctor'. There was also some mumbo-jumbo about an algorithm she came up with she calls the CARES system, where each letter stands for... something. It was too complicated and repetitive for me to really CARES much about it, but involved things you should do before your appointments to learn about treatments and find the right doctor; honestly, I can't see it coming into widespread use. Did I mention she thanks Newt Gingrich and Steve Bonner (former CEO of Cancer Centers of America and heavy right-wing donor) in the acknowledgements? Exactly. Though she does do a valiant job keeping politically neutral. However, the book oozes with the pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps (i.e., god helps those who help themselves) mentality, when what we really need is help. Help! An overhaul. Some plan so that it's easy to get healthcare for everyone, not the lucky few.
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Essentially her advice boils down to 'go on MayoClinic.org to find out more about your condition before you go to the doctor'. There was also some mumbo-jumbo about an algorithm she came up with she calls the CARES system, where each letter stands for... something. It was too complicated and repetitive for me to really CARES much about it, but involved things you should do before your appointments to learn about treatments and find the right doctor; honestly, I can't see it coming into widespread use. Did I mention she thanks Newt Gingrich and Steve Bonner (former CEO of Cancer Centers of America and heavy right-wing donor) in the acknowledgements? Exactly. Though she does do a valiant job keeping politically neutral. However, the book oozes with the pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps (i.e., god helps those who help themselves) mentality, when what we really need is help. Help! An overhaul. Some plan so that it's easy to get healthcare for everyone, not the lucky few.
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June 7, 2019
Before you start shopping for health insurance, read this book!!
November 16, 2020
This practical, step-by-step guide to navigating the U.S. healthcare system is essential reading. Whether you are evaluating healthcare insurance options, proactively planning for care through the aging process, looking for the right specialist, or merely want to better understand a medical condition affecting you, Healthcare Choices gives you the tools you need to understand your options and make the best decision based on vetted medical resources and your personal priorities.
Dr. Georgiou writes from a depth of experience as a physician with great compassion for healthcare consumers and her driving passion to empower everyone to access the healthcare they want and need. I own this book, recommend it constantly, and regularly gift it to friends.
As a medical writer with three sisters in the healthcare industry, I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
Dr. Georgiou writes from a depth of experience as a physician with great compassion for healthcare consumers and her driving passion to empower everyone to access the healthcare they want and need. I own this book, recommend it constantly, and regularly gift it to friends.
As a medical writer with three sisters in the healthcare industry, I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
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