Are You an Empowered Patient...or a Pain in the Neck?

Are You Basing Your Decisions on What You've "Heard?"

This is an almost guaranteed to make your doctor suspicious of what you're suggesting, and resistant to the ideas.

A BETTER APPROACH? Do some homework before you pass on "hearsay." Your doctor will put more stock in what your relative, coworker or cyber-pal has to say if you can find something more specific -- a drug information sheet, research abstract, article by a reputable practitioner, advocate or information source -- to back up what you're saying.

• How Do You Know if You're Carrying This Empowered Patient Thing Too Far?
• Do You Bring in Pages of Printouts From the Internet?
• Do You Know More Than Your Doctor?
• Are You Keeping Things From Your Doctor?
• Are You Going in to the Doctor With a Long List of Questions?
• Are You Basing Your Decisions on What You've "Heard?"