Get inside your doctor's head : 10 commonsense rules for making better decisions about medical care / Phillip K. Peterson, M.D.

Author
Peterson, Phillip K. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Description
x, 130 pages ; 19 cm.

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    • Introduction : applying and breaking the rules
    • Rule 1. If you don't know what you're doing, don't do anything
    • Rule 2. If what you're doing seems to be working, think about continuing it
    • Rule 3. If what you're doing doesn't seem to be working, think about doing something else
    • Rule 4. Don't agree to an invasive procedure without understanding why it's needed
    • and without getting a second opinion
    • Rule 5. If you don't have symptoms, a doctor can't make you feel better
    • Rule 6. Never trust anyone completely, especially purveyors of conventional wisdom
    • Rule 7. Most things are what they seem to be, except when they're not
    • Rule 8. What your doctor doesn't know could kill you
    • Rule 9. Timing is everything, and sometimes time is the cure
    • Rule 10. Caring is always important medicine
    • Epilogue : the participatory art of medicine
    • Recap : the rules revisited.
    ISBN
    • 9781421410692 (hbk. : alk. paper)
    • 1421410699 (hbk. : alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2012050895
    OCLC
    825106462
    RCP
    C - S
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