Primary Care: A Cleveland Clinic Guide for Partnering With Your Family Doctor

by Vance Brown

Your primary care physician's office is your medical home. Familiar and accessible, it offers the first level of care at which most patients meet the health-care system. A good primary care provider is essentially your guide and interpreter to help you wend your way through the very complex maze of the health-care system. Primary care providers should be able to take care of somewhere between 85 to 95 percent of medical problems that the average person will face. They are the ones who have a comprehensive overview of a patient's health history and are the patient's most powerful friend, ally, and coordinating agent in the health-care system. This Cleveland Clinic Guide gives families what they need to get the most out of their relationship with their primary care doctor, from a source that is trusted all over the world - The Cleveland Clinic.

226 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2008