HealthTalk Publishing Announces First Book
The goal: give patients (and their loved ones) useful tools so they can be better informed and take a more active role in heath care decision making.
The concept: a wide variety of questions patients might wish to ask health care providers.
The result: a book called "HealthTalk: Questions and Tools for Informed and Involved Patients—Cancer Edition. "
Overview of Contents
- Main topics:
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Living with Illness
- Late Stage Illness & End of Life Care
- Family Conversation**
- Tools
- A Guide to Your Personal Health Care Team
- Guide to Health Care Professions
- Sample Appendix
- Web sites
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"Fall seven times,
stand up eight."
Japanese Proverb
Who is this book for?
The Cancer Edition of "HealthTalk: Questions and Tools for Informed and Involved Patients" has been published for cancer patients and their loved ones. The book can be used at any stage of illness, from initial diagnosis through recovery or the end of life. The content is relevant to people with a first diagnosis and for those challenged by reoccurrences.
Whether a patient receives care—
- in a hospital
- at home
- at an outpatient doctor office
- in extended care or a nursing home
- at home with hospice
- in an inpatient hospice
—HealthTalk is valuable tool for any health care conversation, anytime, anywhere.
Future books are planned for other illnesses or health challenges.
HealthTalk's Family Definition
We make no distinction between families of choice and families of blood. You may define someone as family based on love and trust. We believe the patient, and only the patient, can define family.
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Dedication
For our beloved friend and colleague: