Patients Don't Lie

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Summary: Frightening Subject
Review: I am purchasing this book today. Even though I haven't read it yet, I did hear a very in-depth interview with the author on the Steve and D.C. radio show. This is a woman who knows what she is talking about. Basically, she is a former pediatric nurse with over 30 years of experience. When she became ill and needed a doctor's care herself, she discovered that doctor after doctor misdiagnosed her or tried to ignore her pleads for help. They accused her of being a difficult patient-but, as she said in the interview, if she had not been a difficult patient, had not questioned the reasons behind treatments and demanded perfect care, she would be dead today. This book is intended to be a wake-up call to Americans to the fact that over 98,000 people die each year due to bad health care, mistakes by doctors, and misdiagnosis. After the interview, so many people called in to the show with such horrible stories that it really was a wake-up call to me as well to be more assertive in my health care treatment should I ever need it. The author, Mary, is definitely a highly educated woman and I believe her book will be valuable to us all.