Staying active in your healthcare ensures that you better understand treatment options and make decisions based on your values and preferences.
Staying active in your healthcare ensures that you better understand treatment options and make decisions based on your values and preferences. This will make you more satisfied with your care and will give you better medical results. Plan ahead before heading to a doctor's appointment. Write down a list of questions to ask. Also, bring a list of all the medicines you take. Share with your doctor. Make sure to ask many follow-up questions and to share beliefs regarding your treatment. Before leaving the doctor's office, get written information about your condition and treatment. Make sure to receive any test results and ask your doctor to go over the results with you.