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Talking with your doctor: A Guide for Older People
"Eight Tips toward A Healthier Patient-Doctor Partnership"
“In today’s society, a good patient-doctor relationship is a partnership between you and your doctor. The two of you must work together to identify your medical problems and strive to maintain your good health,” according to Blackhealthcare.com.
These eight tips were gathered from blackhealthcare.com and then compiled into outline to assist you in establishing a good partnership with your doctor. Blackhealthcare.com is a culturally oriented and ethically focused comprehensive internet-based health and medical information provider dedicated to addressing the special health problems of African-Americans.
If you believe your current relationship with your doctor is a good one, great! This information serves not only as guidelines to create a good doctor-patient partnership, but it may also enhance the existing partnership you have with your doctor.
You will discover how important it is for you and your doctor to communicate in order to build and maintain this partnership. Remember, an equal amount of effort is required from both parties in order to make this work, but establishing this partnership will take.
complied by
Beverly Grayman-Rich
RN, BSN