Prepare to defend yourself: how to navigate the healthcare system and escape with your life

The language of medicine: sit, stay, diagnose!

Medical professionals: you can't tell the players without a program

Ambulances: you wanna go where everybody knows your number

Hospitals: what you really need to know before you gotta go

The admission: you are going in! you are going in!

About drugs: the dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy

Medical mistakes: to err is human, but you still need a lawyer

The business of medicine: the best things in life are free, but I still need your copay

The future: how foggy is my crystal ball?

Front Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Language of Medicine: Sit, Stay, Diagnose!; Chapter 2. Medical Professionals: You Can't Tell the Players without a Program; Chapter 3. Ambulances: You Wanna Go where Everybody Knows Your Number; Chapter 4. Hospitals: What You Really Need to Know before You Gotta Go; Chapter 5. The Admission: You Are Going In! You Are Going In!; Chapter 6. About Drugs: The Dosage Makes It Either a Poison or a Remedy; Chapter 7. Medical Mistakes: To Err Is Human, but You Still Need a Lawyer.

Chapter 8. The Business of Medicine: The Best Things in Life Are Free, but I Still Need Your Co-payChapter 9. The Future: How Foggy Is My Crystal Ball?; References; Index; Back Cover.