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  • 2 - Becoming an Active Member of Your Health Care Team

  • Edited by Thomasine Kushner
  • Book:
    Surviving Health Care
    Published online:
    05 June 2012
    Print publication:
    29 March 2010, pp 13-25

  • Summary

    Social, cultural, and legal factors indigenous to the United States have produced a unique health care system comprising many competing insurers and plans, each with its own bureaucracy. In this chapter, the author suggests us to spend time searching for the doctor who is right for us and then have confidence in our doctor. He advices us to be prepared for each visit to the doctor's office, be tech-savvy, and appreciate the importance of follow-up. He stresses the need to take more responsibility for our own care, seek information, discuss compliance issues openly with our doctor, work with our doctor to overcome clinical inertia, and practice personal preventive health care. The future holds challenges and promise for us all, but it will require an active approach and receptivity to novel solutions for us to maximize our health outcomes.