Talking With Your Doctor

Children

1.	Talking to the Pharmacist Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body/pharmacist.html




2.	How to Talk to Your Child's Doctor Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/talk_doctor.html

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Physician-Patient Relations National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/condition=physician+patient+relations&recr...

National Institutes of Health

1.	Talking to Your Doctor National Eye Institute http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/talktodoc.asp

Organizations

1.	American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/




2.	American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000




3.	American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/

Overviews

1.	Tips for Talking to Healthcare Professionals American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=113




2.	Getting the Most Out of a Visit with Your Doctor American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=350&topcategory=Pat...




3.	Communicating with Your Doctor American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZE13VDAJC&sub_...




4.	Be an Active Member of Your Health Care Team Center for Drug Evaluation and Research http://www.fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/active12panelEng.htm

Related Issues

1.	Your Health Care Team: Your Doctor Is Only the Beg National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/8_10.htm




2.	Talking with Your Doctor American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ESN/content/ESN_2_2X_Talking_with_your_doctor...




3.	Talking to Your Doctor about Kidney Disease National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.nkdep.nih.gov/patients/talk_doctor.htm




4.	Quick Tips for Working with Your Doctor American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1655




5.	Questions for Your Doctor: Your First Visit Testicular Cancer Resource Center http://tcrc.acor.org/startquest.html




6.	Making the Most of Your Doctors Visits Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance http://www.tsalliance.org/Fact%20Sheets/Making%20the%20most%20of%20your%20d...




7.	Let's Talk...and Listen Amputee Coalition of America http://www.amputee-coalition.org/inmotion/may_jun_02/talk.pdf




8.	Checklist for Your Eye Doctor Appointment Prevent Blindness America http://www.preventblindness.org/eye_problems/doc_checklist.html




9.	Choosing and Communicating with a Cancer Specialis Leukemia & Lymphoma Society http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_mat_toc.adp?item_id=9872




10.	Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing: Tips for Working with You American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/240.xml




11.	Five Steps to Safer Health Care Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/5steps.htm




12.	Getting a Second Opinion American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ2UK1EAJC&sub_...




13.	Getting a Second Opinion Before Surgery: Your Choi Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/02173.pdf




14.	Giving Your Informed Consent American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/public_info/operation/consent.html




15.	How to Talk to Your Health Care Provider about Hea National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/faq/hcpheartdis.htm




16.	Information for Patients - Office Visit Tips American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons http://www.aahks.org/index.asp/fuseaction/patients.tips




17.	Just Ask! A Dozen Questions to Help You Understan United States Pharmacopeial Convention http://www.usp.org/pdf/patientSafety/justAskDozenQs.pdf

Seniors

1.	Talking with Your Doctor: A Guide for Older People National Institute on Aging http://www.niapublications.org/pubs/talking/index.asp

Teenagers

1.	I'm a Guy. How Can I Talk to My Female Doctor Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/expert/guys/expert_talking_to_doctor.html




2.	Talking to Your Doctor Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/medical_care/talk_doctor.html