<p>We watched as a pandemic put America's health care system to the test.  But the perfect storm of health care is yet to come. * In the approaching years and decades, more Americans will age and die than ever before in United States history. A lot more.* It is magical thinking to believe the ordinary rules of supply and demand don't apply to health care. They really do.* Leaving your own health care access and safety to chance--or in the hands of others--is folly. And dangerous.For decades, health care's policy makers and stakeholders have ignored America's inevitable aging demographics, the troubling spread of chronic medical conditions in all age groups and the mass exodus of health care professionals. They have no plans to address this looming crisis of health care access. In Patient or Pawn?, you'll learn the disturbing history of their epic fails; the indisputable facts of what's coming; and the critical self-preservation strategies you need now to protect your rights to informed consent, autonomy and safety.It's not surprising there's an unprecedented Elder Boom 70 years after an historic Baby Boom. Demography is destiny.  * By 2030, there will be 17 million more seniors than today.* By 2035, half of today's health care workers will have retired. Patient or pawn? isn't a fix for America's health care system. It's a strategy for self-preservation in a perfect storm.  The choice is yours. The time is now. Patient or pawn?</p>

Patient or Pawn?: Epic fails in health care, the approaching perfect storm and strategies for self-preservation

Kline, Jo

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Murphy Publishing, LLC

<p>Perhaps you’re among the 60 percent of all American adults who are dealing every day with one or more chronic medical conditions. Or among the nearly half of us who have accompanied a relative or friend on their journey in the complex health care system? How often have you thought: “If only we’d understood, we would have made different choices.” That’s what people often say after days, months or even years of medical decision making for themselves or for a loved one.What is essential to being an empowered patient, a decisive health care proxy or an engaged health care professional? HEALTH LITERACY. It’s recognizing when, how and where to access, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make informed choices.A perfect storm is peeking over the horizon. It is the inevitable clash of: 1) America’s aging population; 2) the dwindling financial and human resources available to address their needs; and 3) our pervasive lack of health literacy. As the patient in the patient-provider relationship, only you can preserve your right to informed consent and autonomy by taking the steps necessary to be an empowered and effective decision maker. Only you can prepare your trusted loved ones to act as informed substitute decision makers, if the need ever arises. As importantly, only you can achieve the health literacy needed to do the best job possible as an advocate for someone else.In the pages of THE 60-MINUTE GUIDE TO HEALTH LITERACY, you will find these common sense tools:* Reliable resources for health care information (hyperlinked in the Kindle version)* Step-by-step guides for shared decision making* Vital and effective documentation needed for any health care situation* A HELP Index for quick access to health literate action stepsAnd by downloading the Kindle version to your smartphone, you will have all the resources of THE 60-MINUTE GUIDE TO HEALTH LITERACY at your fingertips.In THE 60-MINUTE GUIDE TO HEALTH LITERACY, Jo Kline shares how to: * Preserve personal values with informed decision making* Assemble the best team of health care providers* Follow recommendations for preventive care* Maintain patient autonomy in a health care emergency* Practice the responsible use of medications* Make respectful and informed end-of-life decisionsPreserving the right to informed consent and to receive competent and compassionate health care and end-of-life care is entirely dependent on the decision maker’s ongoing level of health literacy.If you don't know it already, you will soon learn that managing health care for yourself or a loved one is a challenging journey. The 60-MINUTE GUIDE TO HEALTH LITERACY is the road map.</p>

The 60-Minute Guide to Health Literacy: A common sense approach to informed medical decision making

Providentia Publishing

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Patient or Pawn?: Epic fails in health care, the approaching perfect storm and strategies for self-preservation

The 60-Minute Guide to Health Literacy: A common sense approach to informed medical decision making