Introduction

Guide Overview

You & Your
Provider
The 4 Rs
Being a Wise
Consumer
Your Home
Pharmacy
Review

 

 

Guide Overview
Chapters 1-5 - Wise Health Care Choices
 

The main focus of this workshop is to discuss how to use Sections III and IV. What you will find in the sections I and II are:

Section I helps you learn to be a wise medical consumer. The first 5 chapters give many tips and guidelines to help you use the health care system wisely.

This includes tips on choosing and communicating with doctors; when to get medical exams and tests; using medications wisely, both prescription and over-the-counter ones; information on complementary and alternative medicine; and guidelines to make wise medical decisions.