Patient Survival Guide to Modern Healthcare

Unfortunately, we have to be more careful than ever with our Healthcare today. It seems the Doctor's Oath of "First Do No Harm" has been lost in the shuffle in the feeding frenzy of nonchalant patients. Here are a few tips to help get you through to the real motive of a Doctor.
1. Does the Doctor take the time to explain to you what is wrong?
2. If the Doctor makes a comment like; "It can't heal on it's own" or "There are NO other options", you may question their willingness for you to get a second opinion.
3. If the Doctor gets irrate with you for asking a question, you should be nervous!
4. Ask the Doctor what his practice philosophy is.
5. Always get a second opinion and make it known that it's a second opinion before going under the knife.
6. Check the Doctor's history if need be.
7. Follow the order; non-invasive treatments, then drugs, then surgery! It should be no other way.

The key is, check and ask, check and ask! You only get one body and if you let someone else mess it up you are out of luck. Not only can you most likely not get back to normal, but they are trying every day to change tort reform so that you CAN NOT sue. They make it sound good but it's simply an attempt to cover more mistakes. The fact is the #1 killer in America today is NOT Heart Disease or Cancer, it's the Medical System and that's based only on what is reported. As long as you follow the right steps you should be OK.