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Lemon Grove Press, LLC
May 2012
On Sale: May 15, 2012
320 pages ISBN: 0981524036 EAN: 9780981524030 Kindle: B0087OS63Y Paperback / e-Book
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Self-Help | Non-Fiction
The Take-Charge Patient Puts the Expertise of 200 Medical
Professionals in Your Hands Frustrated or confused about how to get good medical care?
In her newest book, The Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get
The Best Medical Care, (Lemon Grove Press, on sale May 15,
2012) award-winning author and patient advocate, Martine
Ehrenclou, empowers patients to become proactive, well
informed participants in their own care. With advice and
personal stories from over 200 doctors, nurses, pharmacists,
health psychologists, patients and more, The Take-Charge
Patient reveals insider information on how to cut through
the red tape and navigate today’s complex health care system
with confidence. Ehrenclou empowers readers with vital information on how to
find the right doctor, how to communicate effectively with
doctors, how to prepare for medical appointments, prevent
medical errors and medication mistakes, obtain discounted
medication, manage your health insurance, and much more. The
Take-Charge Patient will forever change how you act as a
patient and thereby vastly improve the quality of the
medical care you receive. Six months into her research for The Take-Charge Patient,
Martine Ehrenclou developed debilitating, chronic pain and
used every strategy in her new book. She went from author
and advocate for others to an advocate for herself and
became a take-charge patient. After eleven doctors failed to
diagnose her correctly, Martine found her own diagnosis and
the correct surgeon to treat her. She is now pain free. According to Ehrenclou, your health care is a team sport.
The Take-Charge Patient shows you how to take charge of what
you can and become an effective player. Martine Ehrenclou has also written the multiple
award-winning Critical Conditions: The Essential Hospital.
Guide to Get Your Loved One Out Alive (Lemon Grove Press).
Ehrenclou writes monthly articles for several health
websites, national magazines, and is interviewed regularly
on national TV and radio such as ABC News, ABC World News,
Woman’s Day, Family Circle, Los Angeles Times Magazine,
Publishers Weekly, and many more. She frequently lectures on
how to be an advocate for yourself and your loved ones at
universities, hospitals and various organizations.
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