Diesel Bookstore at the Brentwood Country Mart, 225 26th St # 33 in Santa Monica will host a publication party for new the book, The Take-Charge Patient, by award-winning author, Martine Ehrenclou on Wednesday, June 13 at 7:00pm.
In her newest book, The Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get The Best Medical Care (Lemon Grove Press, May 15, 2012) Ehrenclou empowers patients to become proactive, well informed participants in their own health care.
With advice and personal stories from over 200 doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health professionals and patients, The Take-Charge Patient reveals insider information on how to cut through the red tape and navigate today’s complex health care system with confidence.
Ehrenclou outlines strategies to enable patients to take charge of what they can–how to prepare for a medical appointment, how to create a patient’s toolkit, how to find the right doctors, how to communicate effectively with doctors and how to form the all-important collaborative relationship with medical professionals. She also provides vital information on how to prevent medical errors and medication mistakes, how to manage health insurance and how to obtain discounted medication and medical care.
The Take- Charge Patient, will forever change how you act as a patient and thereby vastly improve the quality of medical care you receive.
Martine Ehrenclou, has also written the multiple award-winning Critical Conditions: The Essential Hospital Guide to Get Your Loved One Out Alive. Critical Conditions received 15 book awards and an enthusiastic reception in in ABC News, Woman’s Day, Family Circle, Los Angeles Times Magazine and Publishers Weekly and many more.
For more on the book: www.thetakechargepatient.com
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