Table of Contents
Below is a list of topics covered in ALL About YOUR Healthcare: Life Demands that YOU Become an Educated Consumer by Dr. Garner.
Table of Contents
Foreword v
Prologue xi
Chapter 1 Introduction to Healthcare in the United States of America US Healthcare; Is an INDUSTRY, Not a System 1
Chapter 2: Evolution in Healthcare in the USA from 1900 to Today Notable Changes, Movements, or Concepts (Overview) 4
Chapter 3: Health Literacy 15
Chapter 4: Types of Healthcare (Medical) Care Resources 43
Chapter 5: USA Healthcare Costs and Efforts to Control 50
Chapter 6: YOUR Healthcare 67
Chapter 7: Quality of Care and Quality Assurance in Healthcare 77
Chapter 8: Types of Healthcare Care Facilities and Service Resources 80
Chapter 9: YOU are NOW the Patient 84
Chapter 10: Choosing YOUR Providers Primary Care and others 96
Chapter 11: YOUR Office Visit 137
Chapter 12: Making a Diagnosis for You 149
Chapter 13: YOUR Treatment 156
Chapter 14: Mental Health and Psychiatry 171
Chapter 15: Telemedicine 180
Chapter 16: Disability and Chronic Diseases 184
Chapter 17: YOUR Healthcare Expectations and Outcomes 204
Chapter 18: Recovery, Cure, and YOUR future 207
Chapter 19: YOUR Medical Record 215
Chapter 20: YOUR Healthcare Costs and Payment 220
Chapter 21: Long-term Care 237
Chapter 22: Myths, Fraud, Scams, Quackery and Some Truths 239
Chapter 23: Over the Horizon as far as I (the Eye) can see Future Medical/ Healthcare Challenges 263