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- Arthritis Patients Want Info, Not Decision-making (05/20/2005, Reuters Health)
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Talking to Your Doctor (National Eye Institute)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Be an Active Member of Your Health Care Team (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research)
Also available in: Spanish - Communicating with Your Doctor (American Medical Association)
- Getting the Most Out of a Visit with Your Doctor (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Tips for Talking to Healthcare Professionals (American Heart Association)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Checklist for Your Eye Doctor Appointment (Prevent Blindness America)
- Choosing and Communicating with a Cancer Specialist (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)
Also available in: Spanish - Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing: Tips for Working with Your Doctor (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in: Spanish - Five Steps to Safer Health Care (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
- Getting a Second Opinion (American Medical Association)
- Getting a Second Opinion Before Surgery: Your Choices and Medicare Coverage (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) - Links to PDF
Also available in: Spanish - Giving Your Informed Consent (American College of Surgeons)
- How to Talk to Your Health Care Provider about Heart Disease and Heart Health (National Women's Health Information Center)
Also available in: Spanish - Information for Patients - Office Visit Tips (American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons)
- Let's Talk...and Listen (Amputee Coalition of America) - Links to PDF
- Making the Most of Your Doctors Visits (Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance) - Links to PDF
- Questions for Your Doctor: Your First Visit (Testicular Cancer Resource Center)
- Quick Tips for Working with Your Doctor (American Heart Association)
- Talking to Your Doctor about Kidney Disease (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Talking with Your Doctor (American Cancer Society)
- Your Health Care Team: Your Doctor Is Only the Beginning (National Cancer Institute)
Also available in: Spanish
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Physician-Patient Relations (National Institutes of Health)
Organizations
- Organizations
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Heart Association
- American Medical Association
Children
- Children
- How to Talk to Your Child's Doctor (Nemours Foundation)
- Talking to the Pharmacist (Nemours Foundation)
Teenagers
- Teenagers
- I'm a Guy. How Can I Talk to My Female Doctor about Certain Things? (Nemours Foundation)
- Talking to Your Doctor (Nemours Foundation)
Seniors
- Seniors
- Talking with Your Doctor: A Guide for Older People (National Institute on Aging)
Also available in: Spanish