During the months of June and July, Lorene Burkhart, author of Sick of Doctors? Then Do Something About It! will tour 
cyber space with a virtual book tour.
For more details about this virtual tour, visit: https://bookpromotionservices.com/2010/04/26/sick-of-doctors-tour/
If you would like to participate in the tour and share some information about patient empowerment on your site, contact nikki @ nikkileigh.com
Sick of Doctors? Then Do Something About It!
Foreward
Introduction
Chapter 1 – Forget the Old Days
- Goodbye House Calls
- Hello Hospitals
Chapter 2 – Understand the System
- The Blues Pay
- Doctors Specialize and Doctor Groups Are Born
- Uncle Sam and Private Insurers Enter the Pay Picture
- HMO Who?
- Free Meds to the Doctors
Chapter 3 – Shop For a Doctor
- Let’s Talk
- Become a Partner with Your Physician
- Be Your Own Record Keeper
- What is a Medical Advocate
- Patient-Physician Compatibility or Not?
Chapter 4 – Beware of Doctor God
- Who and Why
- What Does Med School Have to Do with Personality
- Physician Competencies Are Now Required
Chapter 5 – Question Motives
- Behind Closed Doors – At Home
- … And at Work
- Doctor-Nurse Relationships
- Doctor Dictators
- Doctors Begin to Lean There’s No “I” in “Team”
Chapter 6 – Manage Adversarial Relationships
- Please, Just Listen to me!
- Rush to Judgment – Snap Diagnosis
- Patient’s Stories
Chapter 7 – Consider the Alternatives
- You Have Choices
- Taking a Trip For Your Health Care
- Boutique Physician Practices and Facilities
- Consumer and Alternative Medicine
Chapter 8 – Create Your Own Health Program
- What Are Patient’s Roles in Their Own Health Care?
- CDHC – Consumer Medicine Becomes a Movement
Chapter 9 – Know What’s Happening in the Medical World
- Medicine Malpractice and Errors
- Is That the Right Diagnosis?
- Patient Safety is Not an Option
- GMP – Good Medical Practice
Chapter 10 – Rejoice When You Find a Winner!
- There ARE Good Doctors! Meet Two of Them
- Does Dream Meet Reality
- Where Do Doctors Go For Help?
- Tomorrow’s Physician Shortage – Today
Chapter 11 – Prepare for the Future
- One Doctor’s Vision for Future Health Care
- Would “Pay for Performance” Guarantee Good Outcomes?
- Family Doctors
- Doctor Fall Off Their Pedestals
- The Evolution of Health Care
Resources
Bibliography
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Lorene Burkhart, author of Sick of Doctors? Then Do Something About It!, is interviewed on Across the Pond Radio at 6:30 pm EST – http://www.blogtalkradio.com/across-the-pond/2010/07/29/a-ook-and-a-chat-with-lorene-burkhart. Listen live on your computer or call in with questions – Call-in Number: (347) 237-5398. If you miss the live show – visit the same link and download the MP3 to listen at any time.
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