Disease management sourcebook : basic consumer health information about coping with chronic and serious illnesses, navigating the health care system, communicating with health care providers, assessing health care quality, and making informed health care decisions, including facts about second opinions, hospitalization, surgery, and medications ; along with a section about children with chronic conditions, information about legal, financial, and insurance issues, a glossary of related terms, and directories of additional resources

Summary: "Provides basic consumer health information about managing serious and chronic illness, navigating the health care system and finding and evaluating health information, patient rights and responsibilities, assistive technologies, and tips for dealing with legal, financial, and health insurance matters. Includes index, online access, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780780815452
ISBN: 0780815459
ISBN: 9780780815469
Physical Description: print
xviii, 584 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Facts about serious and chronic illnesses -- Working with healthcare providers and the healthcare system -- Health literacy and making informaed health decisions -- Prescription(Rx) and over-the-counter (OTC) medications -- Managing chronic diesase -- Children and chronic disease -- Legal, financial, and insurance issues that impact disease management -- Additional help and information.