Patient Advocacy

This is the ultimate guide and reference book for anyone who will use medical care or have insurance questions. If you don't have a professional advocate or someone to advocate on your behalf effectively, this is the advocate for you. Inside Patient Advocacy Matters II, you will find more updates from the first edition that keep up with the ever-changes tides of healthcare.

Too many Americans die each year as a result of preventable medical error—mistakes, complications, and misdiagnoses. And many more of us are not receiving the best care possible, even though it’s readily available and we’re entitled to it. The key is knowing how to access it. The Patient’s Playbook is a call to action.

In just six years, ACT UP, New York, a broad and unlikely coalition of activists from all races, genders, sexualities, and backgrounds, changed the world. Armed with rancor, desperation, intelligence, and creativity, it took on the AIDS crisis with an indefatigable, ingenious, and multifaceted attack on the corporations, institutions, governments, and individuals who stood in the way of AIDS treatment for all. Let the Record Show is a revelatory exploration - and long-overdue reassessment - of the coalition’s inner workings, conflicts, achievements, and ultimate fracture.

Dive into the essential universe of nursing with the pivotal digital resource, "Nurse's Knowledge Compendium". Your digital compass through the intricate maze of healthcare, this compendium is the quintessential guide for nurses at any stage of their career, offering an in-depth exploration into the multifaceted realms of nursing practice. Embark on a journey beginning with the art and science that forms the core of nursing. Traverse through the profound milestones of the profession's history and philosophies that have sculpted nursing into what it is today. Gain an unparalleled ...

What's the difference between targeted therapy and immunotherapy? If you are a melanoma patient or caregiver, you should know. This updated version includes newly approved therapies for earlier stages of melanoma. While most melanoma literature focuses on prevention, this book provides the information on treatment options. Written by a melanoma survivor with 20 years of navigating patients, you will find knowledge of breakthrough technologis, scientific research clinical trials and patient empowerment. Catherine Poole published her first book, Melanoma Prevention detection and treatment in ...