 
Introduction
Reviews
Excerpts
Different
Doctors
Detecting
Problems Early with Screening Tests
Credentials,
Part 1
Credentials,
Part 2
Are
Specialists Better?
Preventing
Diseases with Vaccines
Is
Your Doctor Doing A Good Physical Examination, Part 1
Is
Your Doctor Doing A Good Physical Examination, Part 2
Getting
Good Care from an HMO, Part 1
Getting
Good Care from an HMO, Part 2
Getting
Good Care from an HMO, Part 3
Avoiding
Defensive Medicine
Avoiding
Unnecessary Routing Tests
Deciding
Whether You Need To Have A Test
Go
Where The Money Is
Making
Sure You Get The Right Test
Think
Twice About Surprising Results
False
Positive Tests
Follow
The Money
Do
Your Doctor Visits Feel Like an Indy 500 Pit Stop
Is
Your Doctor Taking Enough Time To Do The Job Right
How
Well Does Your Doctor Prescribe Drugs
Before
Taking a Drug, Make Sure the Diagnosis is Correct
Avoiding
Unnecessary Prescriptions
How
Drug Marketing Leads to Inappropriate Prescribing
Weighing
the Risks and Benefits of Drug Therapy
Choosing
the Safest Drug
Two
Techniques to Lessen the Risk of Drug Side Effects
Does
Your Doctor Know When to Intervene?
Sometimes
the Best Treatment is no Treatment
Tough
Treatment Decisions
How
Your Race, Gender, and Age Can Affect What the Doctor Recommends
When
Less is More: The Example of Childbirth
Weighing
the Risks and the Benefits of Medical Interventions
Is
This the Right Surgeon?
An
Ounce of Prevention
Does
Your Doctor Keep you Waiting Too Long?
Does
Your Doctor Know How to Talk to You?
Don't
Let Your Doctor Infect You
Getting
Good Medical Care When You Have an Addiction
Is
Your Doctor a Good Teacher?
Is
Your Doctor Misdiagnosing Environmental and Job-Related Illnesses?
Is
Your Doctor Out of Date?
Is
Your Doctor Practicing Good Preventive Medicine
Let's
Talk About Sex
Should
You Take Medication to Lower Your Cholesterol?
Taking
Control of Your Medical Care
Tests
in the Doctor's Office
The
Connection Between Emotions, Health and Disease
Socialization
of Doctors
Why
do smart people have such a hard time telling a good doctor from
a bad one?
Would
They Recommend an Operation if You Had Different Health Insurance? |
