Acknowledgments
Preface
Safe Patient Checklist
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
CHAPTER 2 Top 10 Screwups Doctors Make
CHAPTER 3 Diagnostic Disasters
CHAPTER 4 Top 10 Reasons Why Doctors
          Screw Up Diagnoses
CHAPTER 5 Preventing Diagnostic Problems
CHAPTER 6 Top 10 Screwups Doctors Make When
          Prescribing
CHAPTER 7 Drug Interactions Can Be Deadly
CHAPTER 8 Top 10 Screwups Pharmacists Make
CHAPTER 9 Generic Drug Screwups
CHAPTER 10 Th e Screwing of Senior Citizens
CHAPTER 11 Top 10 Screwups Patients Make
CHAPTER 12 Closing the Communication Chasm
CHAPTER 13 Top Screwups in Common Conditions
Acne
Alzheimer’s Disease
Arthritis
Asthma
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
Back Pain
Breast Cancer
Celiac Disease
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
Depression
Diabetes
Fibromyalgia
Heartburn
Hypothyroidism
Migraine Headache
Osteoporosis
Prostate Problems
Tick-borne Diseases
Appendix 1 Top 10 List of Potentially Problematic Pills
Appendix 2 Top 10 Tips and Questions Lists
Top 10 Tips to Stopping Screwups in Hospitals
Top 10 Screwups Doctors Make
Top 10 Diagnostic Screwups
Top 10 Reasons Why Doctors Screw Up
     Diagnoses
Top 10 Questions to Ask to Reduce Diagnostic
     Disasters
Top 10 Screwups Doctors Make When
    Prescribing
Top 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor When You
      Get a Prescription
Top 11 Tips for Preventing Dangerous Drug
      Interactions
Top 10 Screwups Pharmacists Make
Top 10 Tips for Taking Generic Drugs
Top 10 Tips to Surviving Old Age
Top 10 Screwups Patients Make
Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before Agreeing
      to Surgery
Top 10 Tips to Promote Good Communication
Notes
Index

About the Author

JOE GRAEDON, M.S., is one of the country's leading consumer pharmacology experts and a frequent speaker on topics including pharmaceuticals, nutrition, and home remedies. TERESA GRAEDON, Ph.D., is a medical anthropologist. Together, they are bestselling coauthors, syndicated newspaper columnists, and award-winning internationally syndicated radio talk-show hosts. Their media appearances include Dateline NBC, Extra, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, Today, and NBC Evening News. The Graedons maintain an interactive website at www.PeoplesPharmacy.com.

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