Table of Contents

1. Be Your Own Advocate
2. Prevention, Prevention, Prevention
3. How to Find a Medical Care Provider
4. Selecting the Right Place for Your Medical Care
5. Preparing for Your Outpatient Visit
6. Things to Do During and After the Visit
7. Things to Consider That Can Save You Money
8. Other Financial Issues That Can Help You
9. The Many Issues with Medications
10. Do Your Part in Managing Your Health---and Disease

About the Author

Judy Cook, MD, first studied Pathology and then Psychiatry and has been practicing Psychiatry for over 30 years, with much of her practice emphasis on Psychotherapy but also with attention to general medical health. In this time she has seen not only many changes in the medical field, but many issues that affect the health and well being of patients in all areas of their medical and mental health care. To Die or Not to Die is written to present solutions to some of these basic problems to a much wider audience than she can reach in her private practice.