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From registered nurse and public health advocate Sana Goldberg, RN, a timely, accessible, and comprehensive handbook to navigating common medical situations. From the routine to the unexpected, How to Be a Patient is your ultimate guide to better healthcare. Did you know that patients have statistically better outcomes when their surgeon is female? That you can mark-up an informed consent sheet before you sign it, or get second opinions on CTs and MRIs? That there's a blue book for healthcare procedures, or an algorithm to decide between ER, Urgent Care, and waiting-until-Monday? In How to Be a Patient, nurse and public health advocate Sana Goldberg walks readers through the complicated and uncertain medical landscape, illuminating a path to better care. Warm and disarmingly honest, Goldberg's advice is as expert as it is accessible. In the face of an epidemic of brusque, impersonal care she empowers readers with the information and tools to come to good decisions with their providers and sidestep the challenging realities of modern medicine. With sections like When All is Well, When It's An Emergency, When It's Your Person, and When You Have to Stand Up to the Industry, along with appendices to help track family history, avoid pointless medical tests, and choose when and where to undergo a procedure, How to Be a Patient is an invaluable and essential guide for a new generation of patients. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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Goldberg ably navigates the contemporary pathways of health self-advocacy and empowers readers to incorporate her sound advice into their own wellness objectives. A plainspoken, universally applicable medical reference guide inspiring patient agency. -- Kirkus Reviews Easy to read and informative...Offers a solid, straightforward resource for getting quality health care. -- Publishers Weekly

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Neuroscientist-turned-nurse, Sana Goldberg, RN, liaises between the worlds of medical research and clinical practice, specializing in women's health, geriatric care, and psychiatry. In 2017 she helped open Unity Center in the Pacific Northwest, and continues to work with a diversity of patient populations across settings. An outspoken public health advocate, she has presented at World Congress, TED x Harvard, and The Society for Neuroscience. She's a member of the International Honor Society of Nursing, writes for The Atlantic, and is the founder of Nightingale Magazine, a publication of story, art, and activism for health equity. Currently pursuing her Nurse Practitioner degree at Yale University, she lives in New Haven, CT. Ann Marie Gideon, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, is a professional actress based in Atlanta. She received a BFA in theater performance from the University of Memphis and trained at the Accademia dell'Arte in Arezzo, Italy. Throughout her college career, she gained professional experience by performing at Playhouse on the Square. Soon after, she toured across the country with the National Players and then landed in Atlanta, Georgia, with Georgia Shakespeare. She is now expanding her career into voice-over work, film, and television.

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