The Empowered Patient: How to Get the Right Diagnosis, Buy the Cheapest Drugs, Beat Your Insurance Company, and Get the Best Medical Care Eve

by Elizabeth Cohen

Book Overview

The facts are alarming: Medical errors kill more people each year than AIDS, breast cancer, or car accidents. A doctor's relationship with pharmaceutical companies may influence his choice of drugs for you. The wrong key word on an insurance claim can deny you coverage. Through real life stories, including her own, and shrewd advice, CNN's Elizabeth Cohen shows you how to become your own advocate and navigate the minefield of today's health-care system...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345513746
• ISBN13: 9780345513748
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Ballantine Group
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.0"