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