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Managing your Doctor Resources

Nancy L. Snyderman, M.D., GUIDE TO GOOD HEALTH (William Morrow & Co)

Guide to Good Health: What Every Forty-Plus Woman Should Know About Her Changing Body provides professional expertise in this frank and friendly guide for mature women who want to understand their bodies and take charge of their health. Published by William Morrow & Co.

Nancy L. Snyderman, M.D., MEDICAL MYTHS THAT CAN KILL YOU (Three Rivers Press)

In Medical Myths That Can Kill You: And the 101 Truths That Will Save, Extend, and Improve Your Life, Nancy L. Snyderman M.D., debunks popular medical myths that are dangerous to your health. This practical book provides sound advice about self-care, intelligent use of medical tests, and treatments.

Robert Lipsyte, IN THE COUNTRY OF ILLNESS (Knopf)

Lipsyte, a prize-winning author, former New York Times columnist and host of Life (Part 2), was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1978. In the Country of Illness : Comfort and Advice for the Journey, Lipsyte shares what he learned from his own diagnosis that helped him function within the world of illness.

Sherwin Nuland, M.D., HOW WE DIE (Vintage Books)

Sherwin Nuland, M.D., author of nine books, including Doctors: The Biography of Medicine (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) and The Doctors’ Plague (Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.).

Dan Shapiro, MOM'S MARIJUANA (Knopf Publishing Group/Crown Publishing Group)

Books by Dan Shapiro include Mom’s Marijuana: Life, Love and Beating the Odds and Delivering Doctor Amelia: The Story of a Gifted Young Obstetrician’s Mistake and the Psychologist who Helped Her. From the Knopf Publishing Group.

The Mayo Clinic’s Doctor-patient communication
How to connect with your doctor online.