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Get inside your doctor's head: 10 commonsense rules for making better decisions about medical care
2013
in English
1421410699 9781421410692
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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.
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