What to Ask the Doc: The Questions to Ask to Get the Answers You Need

"Do you have any questions?"

Has a doctor ever asked you this and you couldn’t think of any questions until you arrived home?

"I would ask questions if I knew WHAT to ask" is a common refrain that we hear from patients and families.

What to Ask the Doc is the solution. This book provides you with the questions to ask to get the answers you need.

With question categories and feature articles on over 80 healthcare concerns, What to Ask the Doc is the perfect companion to bring with you to your next doctor’s appointment or when accompanying a friend or loved one to the doctor.

Whether waiting in the emergency room with your sick child or responding to the call to come to the hospital because Aunt Martha broke her hip, What to Ask the Doc has the questions to ask to help you to get the information that you need.

Countless sources of healthcare information are available today: books, magazines and the Internet all can be helpful resources. But specific information about your health should come from your doctor. What to Ask the Doc gives you the essential tools for getting that information. It gives you knowledgeable questions-the kind of questions doctors and nurses ask when confronted with our own healthcare issues.

The purpose of this book is not to give medical advice; that should come from your doctor. Instead, What to Ask the Doc gives you the questions to ask to get the answers you need to navigate the world of modern healthcare.

Margaret Fitzpatrick, RN is a trauma nurse specialist with experience in the fields of in-patient hospice care, surgical intensive care, emergency and trauma care and school nursing. As a registered nurse, she has worked at major academic medical centers in Chicago such as Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Advocate Christ Hospital, the busiest trauma center in the state of Illinois where she was awarded the MVP award in 2002. The Mayor and City Council of Chicago honored Fitzpatrick in November 2002 for actions related to her work as a school nurse.

Linda Burke is a registered nurse with years of experience in cardiac care and surgical and trauma intensive care as well as in training nurses new to the field of critical care nursing. Her nursing practice has been at renowned academic medical centers in Chicago, including Northwestern Memorial Hospital and St. Francis Hospital.

Daryl Lee is a registered nurse who has experience working in surgical and trauma intensive care and medical intensive care.