Doc Talks: The Conversations You Want to Have With Your Doctor If Only There Was Enough Time

Abbott, Justin

ISBN 10: 1504987314 / ISBN 13: 9781504987318

Published by Authorhouse, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Doc Talks: The Conversations You Want to Have With Your Doctor If Only There Was Enough Time
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1504987314
• ISBN 13: 9781504987318
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In Doc Talks, Dr Abbott provides the reader with personal health information that so many patients yearn to understand and few have the opportunity to learn. Todays busy practice environment and short office visit times seldom leaves time for the patient to learn and understand about their disease. Dr Abbott starts this series off with such topics as diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol and heart health as well as information on vaccines, cancer screening recommendations and the effects of tobacco and alcohol on long term health.

About the Author

Justin Abbott D.O./MBA is an AAFP Board Certified Family Physician who has practiced broad spectrum Family Medicine in rural Utah since he finished residency at Utah Valley Family Medicine Residency in Provo, Utah. Areas of his practice have included, Internal medicine, Cardiology, Pulmonology, Oncology, Womens Health, Surgical Obstetrics including high risk, Geriatric as well as Emergency and Pediatric Medicine. He has served as Chief Medical Officer of Sevier Valley Hospital for the last four years, Gaining further insight into today's complicated healthcare system and influencing the local healthcare landscape in his home community. His views and opinions on personal health come from years practicing as a physician and a diverse personal background with many socioeconomic and cultural influences that have guided him to be the first in his family to graduate college. Prior to medical school, he graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Social and Behavioral Science studying behavioral influence on society at large. He further studied Healthcare Leadership attending Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Mo simultaneously earning a Masters degree in Business Administration while earning his Doctoral degree from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. His interests include the ever changing healthcare landscape and the process of empowering individuals to change their health through detailed understanding of diseases and influences on health.