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How to speak so your doctor will listen

Allyson

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this is useful - thay are busy people after all

http://healthecommunications.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/how-to-speak-so-your-doctor-will-listen/

I would add to take a written list of medications you are on
and a written list of your symptoms as it is hard to remeber them all under pressure.

I disagree with the part about not researching you issue on-line first - everyone does that now to get an idea where you are at and i would never have been diagnosed if I had not done that first.


(thanks to genetic alliance for the link
https://www.inspire.com/member/interests/group/rare-disease-and-genetic-conditions/)