The Consumer's Legal Guide to Today's Health Care.New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Boston's Back Bay. It publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers Company, 1992. 384 pages, $12.95. Until something goes wrong, few of us ever think about our rights in the health care system. Even after being frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: by the medical system, most consumers have an extraordinarily difficult time asserting their rights. The Consumer's Legal Guide to Today's Health Care delivers exactly what it proposes. It provides down-to-earth, practical advice that will help the consumer cut through the confusion and take control of his or her own care. Separate chapters focus on one's rights as a patient, health insurance, job-related health issues, parents and children, Medicare, long-term care long-term care (LTC), n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders. , the right to die, and other pertinent topics. The authors have not only explained complicated information in accessible language, they have clearly and succinctly answered many of the most difficult questions asked by consumers of today's health care. The Consumer's Legal Guide invites consumers to learn more about how to take command of their own health care and thus provides important tools for self-advocacy. The book fulfills its mission with gusto GUSTO Cardiology A series of clinical trials that have examined a series of strategies to reduce the M&M of acute MI; the GUSTOs include: Global Utilization of Streptokinase & tPA for Occluded coronary arteries trial–GUSTO I; Global Use of Strategies and is highly recommended to people with MS--and everyone else. Reviewed by Laura Cooper, JD, the National MS Society's pro-bono consultant on Independent Living and a regular columnist for INSIDE MS. |
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