Resources

• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Heart Association
• American Medical Association
• Be an Active Member of Your Health Care Team (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research)
• Checklist for Your Eye Doctor Appointment (Prevent Blindness America)
• Choosing and Communicating with a Cancer Specialist (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Physician-Patient Relations (National Institutes of Health)
• Communicating with Your Doctor (American Medical Association)
• Communication in Health Care Visits when Doctors and Patients Have the Same versus Different Ethnic Backgrounds (American College of Physicians)
• Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing: Tips for Working with Your Doctor (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Five Steps to Safer Health Care (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• Getting a Second Opinion (American Medical Association)
• Getting a Second Opinion Before Surgery (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) - Links to PDF File
• Giving Your Informed Consent (American College of Surgeons)
• How to Talk to Your Child's Doctor (Nemours Foundation)
• How to Talk to Your Health Care Provider about Heart Disease and Heart Health (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
• Let's Talk...and Listen (Amputee Coalition of America) - Links to PDF File
• Questions for Your Doctor: Your First Visit (Testicular Cancer Resource Center)
• Survey Finds Large Communication Gap between Doctors and Alzheimer's Caregivers (Alzheimer's Association)
• Talking to the Pharmacist (Nemours Foundation)
• Talking to Your Doctor (Nemours Foundation)
• Talking to Your Doctor (National Eye Institute)
• Talking With Your Doctor (Medline Plus)
• Talking with Your Doctor: A Guide for Older People (National Institute on Aging)
• Tips for Talking to Healthcare Professionals (American Heart Association)
• Your Health Care Team: Your Doctor Is Only the Beginning