Table of Contents
Contributors ix
Preface xiii
1 Letter to Patients: On Becoming the "Good" Patient and Finding the "Right" Doctor Leonard C. Groopman 1
2 Becoming an Active Member of Your Health Care Team William A. Norcross 13
3 Information That Will Help You with Advance Planning for Your Health Care Mark R. Wicclair 26
4 Responding to Medical Emergencies Kenneth V. Iserson 46
5 What You Need to Know about Medical Errors Erica S. Friedman Rosamond Rhodes 56
6 Being Informed When You Give Consent to Medical Care Ben A. Rich 69
7 Beware of Scorecards James J. Strain Rosamond Rhodes 85
8 Transplantation 101: Negotiating the System Aaron Spital Steven Smith 96
9 When the Illness Is Psychiatric Leonard C. Groopman 124
10 On the Horizon: Genetic Testing Robyn S. Shapiro 136
11 To Be or Not to Be - A Research Subject Eric M. Meslin Peter H. Schwartz 146
12 Information That Will Help You Make Health Care Decisions for Adult Family Members Mark R. Wicclair 163
13 Caring for Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease: Ethical Issues along the Way Robyn S. Shapiro 179
14 When the Patient Is a Child Timothy S. Yeh 191
15 Care of Elders Claudia Landau Guy Micco 206
16 Being and Thinking Ilina Singh Claudia Jacova Paul Ford Judy Illes 222
17 A Patient's Guide to Pain Management Ben A. Rich 246
18 The Hardest Decisions: When Treatment Stops Working Timothy E. Quill Mindy Shah 264
19 What You Need to Know about Disasters Griffin Trotter 279
20 Making the Internet Work for You: Researching Your Health Questions Bette Anton 294
Appendix: Patient Individual Profile J. Westly McGaughey Ruchika Mishra Alexis Lopez 311
Index 317
