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Advances in medical science ought to be a wonderful thing, however, it is often a nightmare, because it pulls a patient in a thousand different directions with just as many options to choose from. Choosing the options and treatments that best fit your particular situation is the reason that one needs a patient advocate and Cristy L. Kessler shows you how you can be your own patient advocate in 5 S.T.E.P.S. to Being Your Own Patient Advocate. Cristy lays out a set of five steps which help to organize yourself in order to find the best answers, diagnoses, and treatment options available for your specific needs. Cristy explains the approach using S.T.E.P.S. as an acronym which stands for the different elements to the approach: Sensibility, Teamwork, Education, Patience, and Perseverance and finally Sustainability. After outlining each of the S.T.E.P.S. in detail, Cristy also gives a quick reference version to each of the S.T.E.P.S. called “Just Remember,” which helps the reader to be able to organize and perhaps even build a checklist for navigating through their treatment plan.
Being a patient advocate for oneself offers the opportunity for the patient to explore those things which their own body is calling for. In 5 S.T.E.P.S. to Being Your Own Patient Advocate, Cristy L. Kessler has developed an easy to follow guide, which makes the daunting task of navigating through the medical system a little bit easier. Well organized, easy to remember and honest; 5 S.T.E.P.S. to Being Your Own Patient Advocate will help the reader to provide the kind of care which their body is screaming out for.
